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
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..."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..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sanctitate qua fidem socialem usque ad perniciem suam coluerunt. Hannibal infesto exercitu ingressus fines, pervastatis passim agris urbem..."