coitus
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. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg. - 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);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...eadem uini atque cibi torpente palato gaudia; nam coitus iam longa obliuio, uel si coneris, iacet exiguus..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...lateas auos? Sed ut secundus numinum abscondat fauor coitus nefandos utque contingat stupro negata magnis sceleribus semper fides..."Horace
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...habuisse disposita, ut quocumque respexisset ibi ei imago coitus referretur. Vixit plurimum in secessu ruris sui Sabini..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sumat compositio, "vitavisse" vel "vitasse", "deprehendere" vel "deprendere". Coitus etiam syllabarum non negabo et quidquid sententiis aut elocutioni..."XV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...luminibus ardentem, virgines patrum senectute flagrantes, mortalium ferarumque coitus usque in monstruosa fecunditatis onera perlatos? ex omnibus tamen..."
