adoleres
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. act. subj. 2nd
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..."- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...subire patrium corpus inque Solis aram perferre atque adolere. haec incerta et fabulosis aucta: ceterum aspici aliquando..."