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  • colon, coli:

    Neuter · Noun

    Frequency:
    Lesser
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Bio/medical

    = large intestine; colon; pain in large intestine, colic;; part of a line of verse, metrical entity; clause of a period; line, fragment;

    Entry →
    acc. sg.
    nom. sg.
    voc. sg.

Examples

  • T

    Asinaria

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...Quid agis, custos carceris? LEON. O catenarum colone. LIB. O virgarum lascivia. LEON. Quot pondo ted esse censes..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber X

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...trahit pudorem, Semper pauperior redit potestas: Felix auriferae colone terrae, Rectorem vacuo sinu remittes Optabisque moras, et exeuntem..."
  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...initium hexametri statim invenias, et anacreontion protinus colon efficies, et si velis trimetron, et quod duobus pedibus..."
  • C

    Res Gestae II

    Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti

    "...millibus plebis urbanae sexagenos denarios viritim dedi. Et colon[i]s militum meorum consul quintum ex manibiis viritim..."

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