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Dictionary entries

  • 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);

    Entry →
    sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
  • 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;

    Entry →
    sg. fut. act. ind. 3rd

Examples

  • P

    Heauton Timorumenos

    Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)

    "...faciam. nam usque dum ille vitam illam colet inopem carens patria ob meas iniurias, interea usque illi..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber XI

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...nomina, patres, Elysium liceat si vacuare nemus, te colet invictus pro libertate Camillus, aurum Fabricius te tribuente..."
  • L

    Liber IX

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...nihil pertinebit posterorum sermo; tamen etiam non sentientes colet ac frequentabit. Nulli non virtus et vivo et mortuo..."
  • L

    APOCOLOCYNTOSIS

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)

    "...dicat, et servum me ducat. Hunc deum quis colet? Quis credet? Dum tales deos facitis, nemo vos deos..."
  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Primus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...semper honoratam dimensis orbibus anni te domus ista colet; nigri tibi, diua, litabunt electa ceruice greges, lustraliaque exta..."

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