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
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quibus dixi, vocibus, quasi per quendam coitum et copulam nomen indutiarum conexum est. Aurelius autem Opilius in primo..."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..."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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...inquam, immortales, si ego huic dormienti abstulero coitum plenum et optabilem, pro hac felicitate cras puero asturconem Macedonicum..."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..."