coleris
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);
sg. pres. pass. subj. 2nd - 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. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...coli: uolebam amare. Parendum est tibi: quod iubes, coleris; sed si te colo, Sexte, non amabo. Gentibus..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quam omnia ista quae colis et propter quae coleris'. Numquid ergo mentitus est? quis Idomenea nosset nisi Epicurus..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sola quae montes colis et una solis montibus coleris dea, conuerte tristes ominum in melius minas. o magna..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...sacra Pollius et causas designat desidis anni, quod coleris maiore tholo nec litora pauper nuda tenes tectumque vagis..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Venus madidas exprimit imbre comas. Tu quoque dum coleris, nos te dormire putemus; Aptius a summa conspiciere manu..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...reposces, reddam et si non reposces. Diligeris coleris frequentaris: ostende modo velle te, nec deerunt qui quod..."