coa
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Cous, Coa, Coum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of/from/belonging to Cos (island in Aegean, now Stanchio); (its wine/fine silk);
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →coa, coae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lustful woman; (wearing fine Coan silk?); fictitious nickname of Clodia (L+S);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →Coum, Coi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Coan wine (from Cos); garments (pl.) of Coan/fine silk;; hole in middle of yoke in which pole fits; thong used to attach pole to yoke;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ingens stabat aceruos nummorum, Spartana chlamys, conchylia Coa, et cum Parrhasii tabulis signisque Myronis Phidiacum uiuebat ebur..." - M
XIV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...dolore constabit, ut adhuc labentem adgrediaris animum, ut coa[du]lescentis ardoris impetus in parvis extinguatur elementis..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Tyriis, Tyrios laudabis amictus: Sive erit in Cois, Coa decere puta. Aurata est? ipso tibi sit pretiosior auro..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...radices, qualia lassum pervellunt stomachum, siser, allec, faecula Coa. his ut sublatis puer alte cinctus acernam gausape purpureo..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Syria uenire, tredecim suis nauibus et una Coa quinqueremi, altera Cnidia Rhodum, ut ibi in statione essent, profecti..."
