colu
Dictionary entries
- Entry →colus, colus:
Common · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
distaff; woman's concern; spinning; Fate's distaff w/threads of life; destiny;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...euince Herculem. Nvt. Prolata uis est quaeque Palladia colu lassauit omnem texta famularem manum. nunc ingeratur uirus..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...meritis tamen ille, sed huius extrema iam fila colu; datur ordo senectae Admeto serumque mori; tibi nulla supersunt..."