colebat
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. 3rd
Examples
Timoleon
Cornelius Nepos
"...Itaque suae domi sacellum Automatias constituerat idque sanctissime colebat. Ad hanc hominis excellentem bonitatem mirabiles accesserant casus..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...reddidit nec sine sanguinis mentione. Minervam, quam superstitiose colebat, somniavit excedere sacrario negantemque ultra se tueri eum posse..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...erexerat aruis Iuppiter atque hospes iam tunc Aurora colebat. Tantalus inde parens, non qui fallentibus undis inminet..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...marmore templum coniugis antiqui, miro quod honore colebat, velleribus niveis et festa fronde revinctum: hinc exaudiri voces..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vindice nullo, sponte sua, sine lege fidem rectumque colebat. poena metusque aberant, nec verba minantia fixo aere legebantur..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pallentia glaebis. Ille perosus opes silvas et rura colebat Panaque montanis habitantem semper in antris, pingue sed ingenium..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...thalamos cognoverat illam, tum cum Maeoniam virgo Sipylumque colebat; nec tamen admonita est poena popularis Arachnes, cedere caelitibus..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...versae solacia formae magna nepos dederat, quem debellata colebat India, quem positis celebrabat Achaia templis; solus Abantiades..."