colebas
Dictionary entries
- 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;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...perhibent, Iocasta, decorum possedisse nefas; uultus hac laude colebas, heu quibus, heu, placitura toris! post longior ordo. tunc..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...expulsa nocentum fraude rudes populos atque aurea regna colebas, mitibus exsequiis ades et lugentis Etrusci cerne pios fletus..."- P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...rescindere posses, tunc aderas: Elin Messeniaque arva colebas. illud erat tempus, quo te pastoria pellis texit, onusque fuit..."