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
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..."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..."
