colorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →colus, coli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Bio/medical
large intestine; colon; pain in large intestine, colic;
gen. pl. - Entry →colum, coli:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
large intestine; colon; pain in large intestine, colic;; strainer, filter, sieve; vessel for straining, colander (L+S); wicker fish net;
gen. pl. - Entry →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;
gen. pl. - Entry →colus, coli:
Common · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
distaff; woman's concern; spinning; Fate's distaff w/threads of life; destiny;
gen. pl. - Entry →color, coloris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
color; pigment; shade/tinge; complexion; outward appearance/show; excuse/pretext
gen. pl.
Examples
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...Sermones M. Frontonis et Favorini philosophi de generibus colorum vocabulisque eorum Graecis et Latinis; atque inibi color "spadix..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...Sermones M. Frontonis et Favorini philosophi de generibus colorum vocabulisque eorum Graecis et Latinis; atque inibi color "spadix..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...opus est exhortatione, ne consilio quidem, ut colorum proprietates oculus intellegat; a nigro album etiam nullo monente distinguet..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...enim in se nationum species, Graecos, Romanos, Parthos; colorum, albos, nigros, flavos; habet singulos, Catonem, Ciceronem, Lucretium..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...corpus et speculum, tam multa genera colorum exprimuntur, quam multis generibus possunt ista incitari aut relanguescere: alius..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...sedet? qui iumentorum suorum greges in aetatum et colorum paria diducit ? qui athletas nouissimos pascit? Quid? Illos otiosos..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Cornelius tamen Celsus adicit verbis et sententiis figuras colorum, nimia profecto novitatis cupiditate ductus. Nam quis ignorasse eruditum..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Alcyonen veros narrantia casus.' dixerat: induitur velamina mille colorum Iris et arquato caelum curvamine signans tecta petit iussi..."
