colui
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st - 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;
dat. sg.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fervente cicadae Non novere nemus, flumineosque lacus Dum colui, doctas tecum celebrare vacabat Pieridas: nunc nos maxima Roma..."- L
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quod possedi habuique. Magna quidem res tuas mercede colui, sed, quia ita imperas, do, cedo gratus libensque..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...potest, ut idem dicenti candidato "semper domum tuam colui", cum posset palam negare, "credo", inquit, +"et verum".+ Interim..." - M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...fumo prohibuisses? An non te se lus vicinus colui, non frugum mearum primitias omni vere misi..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...precor, miserere' inquit 'tuque optima ferrum Terra tene, colui vestros si semper honores, quos contra Aeneadae bello fecere..." - T
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...conferam? nihil praeter deos, pater, et te colui. non Romanos habeo, ad quos confugiam: perisse expetunt, quia tuis..." - T
Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...eodem tenore per omnes deinceps consulatus colo atque colui. Nunc, quod instat, dis bene iuvantibus novum atque integrum..." - G
Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...novo pariter et rescisso vulnere afficiet. Utramque colui utramque dilexi: utram magis nescio, nec discerni volebant. Habuerunt officia..."