coos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Cous, Coa, Coum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of/from/belonging to Cos (island in Aegean, now Stanchio); (its wine/fine silk);
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...namque Herculis impetum adversus Meropas, qui in insula Coo dicuntur habitasse, non igni nec ventis nec mari..." 
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...opus, date carmina festis digna toris. hunc ipse Coo plaudente Philitas Callimachusque senex Vmbroque Propertius antro ambissent laudare..."- Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...lapathi brevis herba, sed albo non sine Coo. lubrica nascentes inplent conchylia lunae; sed non omne mare..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Asiam urbibus ora maris potiebantur. neque dispar apud Coos antiquitas, et accedebat meritum ex loco: nam civis Romanos..."