colent
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. subj. 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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pondere lapsae, in scopulis haesere ferae, uicina colentes Aethiopum totae riguerunt marmore gentes. nullum animal uisus patiens, ipsique..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...horrens Arcadius sus, tanto opere officerent nobis Stymphala colentes? denique quid Cretae taurus Lernaeaque pestis hydra venenatis posset..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uocat, illas aut uolucer transferet Inachus aut Dircaea colent moenia, qua fluit Ismenos tenui flumine languidus— hic mater..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...profuerit: e terra uberi utile aliquid etiam nullo colente nascetur: at in solo fecundo plus cultor quam ipsa..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...exilem Glisanta Coroniamque feracem, messe Coroniam, Baccho Glisanta colentes. sed potius celsos umbrantem hunc aspice late Hypsea quadriiugos..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...deus magis est ama- tis petendus amantibus? quem colent homines magis caelitum, o Hymenaee Hymen, o Hymen Hymenaee..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pulcherrime, visus utiliter populosque iuves tua sacra colentes!' quisquis adest, iussum veneratur numen, et omnes verba sacerdotis referunt..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nobis maxima cantus; at nymphae vicisse deas Helicona colentes concordi dixere sono: convicia victae cum iacerent, "quoniam" dixi..."
