colant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →colo, colare, colavi, colatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
strain/filter (liquid), clarify; purify; remove solids by filter; wash (gold);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →colo, colere, colui, cultus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
live in (place), inhabit; till, cultivate, promote growth; foster, maintain;; honor, cherish, worship; tend, take care of; adorn, dress, decorate, embellish;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Deiphis tua mentiatur ulli, sic Palatia te colant amentque: bis senos cito te rogante fasces det Stellae bonus..."Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...publica necesse est auctorem huius boni ut parentem colant, multo quidem magis quam illi inquieti et in medio..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tuis hilarem te praestes et non superbe superiorem: colant potius te quam timeant. Dicet aliquis nunc me vocare..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...denique inuenies ullam terram quam etiamnunc indigenae colant; permixta omnia et insiticia sunt. Alius alii successit: hic concupiuit..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quam diu insidientur, quam diu timeant, quam diu colant, quam diu colantur, quantum uadimonia sua atque aliena occupent..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...arva simul et vineta et oleas et arbustum colant? ne pratis et pecoribus et hortis et alvearibus avibusque..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ille dies quo te quoque conscia fatis templa colant reddatque tuus responsa sacerdos.' talia fatidico peragunt sollemnia regi..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...immensi uenias maris ac tua nautae numina sola colant, tibi seruiat ultima Thule, teque sibi generum Tethys emat..."
