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..."- L
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..." - L
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..." - P
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..."