colendum
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;
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...fere se continebat; ibi agrum de nostro patre colendum habebat. saepe interea mihi senex narrabat se hunc neglegere..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...munifica profusus arca ad natalicium diem colendum scribarum memori piaeque turbae quod donas, facis ipse Blaesianum. Hoc longum..."Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...omnes boni beati sint, quid philosophia magis colendum aut quid est virtute divinius..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...exsoluisset, coegissetque Siculos positis tandem armis ad agrum colendum animos conuertere, ut esset non incolarum modo alimentis frugifera..."Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Gratias ago, quod agellum quem nutrici meae donaveram colendum suscepisti. Erat, cum donarem, centum milium nummum; postea decrescente..."