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..."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..."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..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...fumo prohibuisses? An non te se lus vicinus colui, non frugum mearum primitias omni vere misi..."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..."Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...conferam? nihil praeter deos, pater, et te colui. non Romanos habeo, ad quos confugiam: perisse expetunt, quia tuis..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...eodem tenore per omnes deinceps consulatus colo atque colui. Nunc, quod instat, dis bene iuvantibus novum atque integrum..."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..."
