coitum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coitus, coitus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
meeting/encounter, gathering; conjunction (planets); meeting place; coalescence;; union, sexual intercourse; fertilization; gathering/collection (fluid/pus);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →coeo, coire, coivi(ii), coitus:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fit together; have sexual intercourse; collect/gather (fluid); meet; rally;; enter agreement; unite/assemble/conspire; come/go together; mend/knit (wound);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quibus dixi, vocibus, quasi per quendam coitum et copulam nomen indutiarum conexum est. Aurelius autem Opilius in primo..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...porro augendis rebus spatio foret usus seminis ad coitum, si e nilo crescere possent; nam fierent iuvenes subito..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...solet aestus aequinoctilis sub ipsum lunae solisque coitum omnibus aliis maior undare, sic hic, qui ad occupandas terras..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...inquam, immortales, si ego huic dormienti abstulero coitum plenum et optabilem, pro hac felicitate cras puero asturconem Macedonicum..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Marte pugnatum" eruditus est sermo et "Venerem" quam coitum dixisse magis decet, ita "Liberum et Cererem" pro vino..."