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
- D
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..." - L
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..." - G
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."
