adolerer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adoleo, adolere, adolui, adolultus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
worship, make/burn sacrifice/offerings; cremate; destroy/treat by fire/heat;; emit/give out a smell/odor;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ignes sopitum cinerem et tepidi libamina sacri seruabant; adolere focos epulasque recentes instaurare iubet. dictis parere ministri certatim..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...quibus ordine longam cura penum struere, et flammis adolere Penatis; centum aliae totidemque pares aetate ministri, qui dapibus..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...excisique luci saevis superstitionibus sacri: nam cruore captivo adolere aras et hominum fibris consulere deos fas habebant. haec..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...subire patrium corpus inque Solis aram perferre atque adolere. haec incerta et fabulosis aucta: ceterum aspici aliquando..."