coae
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);
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.) - 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);
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- G
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...centena constituit; praestantis poetas, nec non et artifices, Coae Veneris, item Colossi refectorem, insigni congiario magnaque mercede donavit..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Maera novo latratu terruit agros, Eurypylique urbem, qua Coae cornua matres gesserunt tum, cum discederet Herculis agmen, Phoebeamque..."
