coactu
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cogo, cogere, coegi, coactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
collect/gather, round up, restrict/confine; force/compel; convene; congeal;
abl. sg. - Entry →coactus, coactus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
compulsion, constraint, force, coercion;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...postulabat nunc quisquam uxorem dare. CH. scio: tu coactu' tua voluntate es. PA. mane: nondum scis. CH. scio..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...inpulsi procedimus ictu viribus alterius magnis magnoque coactu; nam tum materiem totius corporis omnem perspicuumst nobis invitis..."Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...castrorum, aut iudicio aut voluntate sua fecisse, sed coactu civitatis, suaque esse eiusmodi imperia, ut non minus haberet..."
