colens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →colens, colentis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Religion
reverer, worshiper;
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →colens, (gen.), colentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
honoring, treating respectfully;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - 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. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...signis custodirentur, fides potius illa seruaret et aecum colens animus! Sed necessaria optimis praetulerunt et cogere fidem quam..." - L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uelit clarus niueos inter olores Histrum cycnus Tanainque colens extrema loqui, licet alcyones Ceyca suum fluctu leuiter plangente..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...largo sacer splendescat ignis ture, quod Phoebum colens diues Sabaeis colligit truncis Arabs. pacata tellus' inquit 'et caelum..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...pineam quate taedam. namque Iunia Manlio, qualis Idalium colens venit ad Phrygium Venus iudicem, bona cum bona nubet..."
