coluerunt
Dictionary entries
- 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;; join/grow together; coalesce; close (wound); become unified/strong/established;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...rerum multimodis temere in cassum frustraque coacta tandem coluerunt ea quae coniecta repente magnarum rerum fierent exordia semper..." - D
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...clamatur, 'nullo gemit hic tibicina cornu.' talia secreta coluerunt orgia taeda Cecropiam soliti Baptae lassare Cotyton. ille supercilium..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sanctitate qua fidem socialem usque ad perniciem suam coluerunt. Hannibal infesto exercitu ingressus fines, pervastatis passim agris urbem..."