decolor
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decolor, (gen.), decoloris:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
discolored; not normal color; (dark people); stained/faded; degenerate/depraved;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - Entry →decolo, decolare, decolavi, decolatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
trickle/drain away/from/through; drain (of); come to naught, fail (L+S);
sg. pres. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
- M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tibi damna uetustas? 850quae seges infecta surget non decolor herba?quo non Romanos uiolabis uomere manes?ante nouae..." - D
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...totidem olfecisse lucernas quot stabant pueri, cum totus decolor esset Flaccus et haereret nigro fuligo Maroni. rara tamen..." - D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...uterum pueris salientibus, esses Aethiopis fortasse pater, mox decolor heres impleret tabulas numquam tibi mane uidendus. transeo suppositos..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...capere quam poterat; inde suffusio luridae bilis et decolor vultus tabesque ~in se~ putrescentium et retorridi digiti articulis..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...leones, cum mouit amor; tunc uirgatas India tigres decolor horret. amat insani belua ponti Lucaeque boues: uindicat omnes..." 
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...monstrabant murmura ripas, qua turbatus adhuc et sanguine decolor ibat. huc laceros artus socio conamine portant inualidae, iungitque..."- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...populos in pace regebat, deterior donec paulatim ac decolor aetas et belli rabies et amor successit habendi..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adstas, virgineum caput est; Oriens tibi victus, adusque decolor extremo qua tinguitur India Gange. Penthea tu, venerande, bipenniferumque..."