coluntur
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;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Ligna acapna. Si vicina tibi Nomento rura coluntur, ad villam moneo, rustice, ligna feras. XVI. Rapa. Haec tibi..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...subita ex abdito vasti amnis eruptio aras habet; coluntur aquarum calentium fontes, et stagna quaedam vel opacitas..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...Omnium denique uirtutum tutela facilis est, uitia magno coluntur. 3. Debet ira remoueri — hoc ex parte fatentur etiam..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quid, quod amatis idem, quod, quae tibi poma coluntur, primus habet laetaque tenet tua munera dextra! sed neque..."