colo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

colō coluī, cultus, ere

COL-, to till, tend, care for, cultivate : agrum, T.: agros, Cs.: colendi causā in agro esse: agri qui coluntur: hortos, V.: arbores, H.: fructūs, V.: fruges, O.: Pater ipse colendi, V.— To frequent, dwell in, stay in, inhabit, abide, live, dwell : colitur ea pars (urbis): urbem, V.: regnum, O.: arva gelidumque Anienem, and the banks of , V.: Rheni ripam, Ta.: anguis Stagna colit, haunts , V.: proximi Cattis Usipii colunt, Ta.: circa ripam Rhodani, L.—Fig., of the gods, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, guard, watch over : quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat, V.: nymphis colentibus undas, O.: Iuno, quae Veios colis, L.: urbem, L.: terras hominumque genus, H.— To honor, revere, reverence, worship : Mercurium, Cs.: deos patrios: Musarum delubra: sacra: o colendi Semper et culti, H.: colebantur religiones pie, L.: numina, V.: caerimonias sepulcrorum: sacrarium summā caerimoniā, N.— To honor, esteem, love, adhere to, cherish : nos coluit maxime, T.: a quibus diligenter videmur coli: hunc virum, S.: poëtarum nomen: in amicis colendis: plebem Romanam, L.: alqm litteris, N.: nec illos arte, nec opulenter, S.— To attend to, dress, clothe, adorn , etc.: formamque augere colendo, by attire , O.— To cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote oneself to, follow, observe : studia: fidem rectumque, O.: ius et fas, L.: memoriam alicuius: bonos mores, S.: pietatem, T.: ius bonumque, S.: orationis genus: patrias artes, O.— To experience, live through, pass, spend : vitam illam: vitam inopem, T.

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