Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 354.colō on page 354
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colere to cultivate
colere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to cultivate.
Definitions for colere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
cultivate, cherish
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To live in, inhabit (a town, district, etc.). (b) (intr. or ellipt.) to have one's habitation, live.
- 2
(of gods) To live, dwell in (a place, usu. by virtue of being worshipped there and thought of as giving protection, etc.).
- 3
To till, cultivate, farm (land). (b) to grow, cultivate (fruits, crops, etc.). (c) to keep, breed (animals, etc.).
- 4
To look after, keep going, tend (things). (b) ~ere uitam (aeuum), to live one's life (in a specified way, esp. in its material aspects).
- 5
To decorate, adorn, embellish. (b) to deck, adorn, dress (the body); (refl. also) to look after or cultivate the body.
Sentences with colere
Latin to English
Quid est agrum bene colere? bene arare. Quid est secundum? arare.Compare What is good farming? Good plowing. What is the second thing? Plowing.
Linquenda tellus et domus et placens uxor, neque harum, quas colis, arborum te prater invisas cupressos ulla brevem dominum sequetor.Compare The earth we need must leave, and house and wife of our choice; nor of the trees which you tend shall any save the hated cypresses go along with their short-lived master.
Quattuor jugera colo ager.Compare He was cultivating a field of four acres.
Studiumque hic in Latium vehementer tum colo, quam nunc idem in oppidumCompare And these studies were then cultivated with greater zeal in Latium, than they are now in the same towns.
Ibi remaneo, atque ager colo coepi.Compare They remained there, and began to cultivate the fields.
Conjugation table for colere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| colō colis colit colimus colitis colunt | colēbam colēbās colēbat colēbāmus colēbātis colēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| coluī coluistī coluit coluimus coluistis coluērunt / coluēre | colueram coluerās coluerat coluerāmus coluerātis coluerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| colam colēs colet colēmus colētis colent | coluerō colueris coluerit coluerimus colueritis coluerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| colam colās colat colāmus colātis colant | colerem colerēs coleret colerēmus colerētis colerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| coluerim colueris coluerit coluerimus colueritis coluerint | coluissem coluissēs coluisset coluissēmus coluissētis coluissent |
Infinitive present colere Infinitive perfect coluisse Infinitive future cultūrum esse | Imperative present cole colite Imperative future colitō colitō colitōte coluntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| color coleris colitur colimur coliminī coluntur | colēbar colēbāris / colēbāre colēbātur colēbāmur colēbāminī colēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| cultus sum cultus es cultus est cultī sumus cultī estis cultī sunt | cultus eram cultus erās cultus erat cultī erāmus cultī erātis cultī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| colar colēris / colēre colētur colēmur colēminī colentur | cultus erō cultus eris cultus erit cultī erimus cultī eritis cultī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| colar colāris / colāre colātur colāmur colāminī colantur | colerer colerēris / colerēre colerētur colerēmur colerēminī colerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| cultus sim cultus sīs cultus sit cultī sīmus cultī sītis cultī sint | cultus essem cultus essēs cultus esset cultī essēmus cultī essētis cultī essent |
Infinitive present colī Infinitive perfect cultum esse Infinitive future cultum īrī | Imperative present colere coliminī Imperative future colitor colitor - coluntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | colēns | colentēs |
| Gen. | colentis | colentium |
| Dat. | colentī | colentibus |
| Acc. | colentem | colentēs |
| Abl. | colente | colentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | cultūrus | cultūrī |
| Gen. | cultūrī | cultūrōrum |
| Dat. | cultūrō | cultūrīs |
| Acc. | cultūrum | cultūrōs |
| Abl. | cultūrō | cultūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | cultus | cultī |
| Gen. | cultī | cultōrum |
| Dat. | cultō | cultīs |
| Acc. | cultum | cultōs |
| Abl. | cultō | cultīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | colendus | colendī |
| Gen. | colendī | colendōrum |
| Dat. | colendō | colendīs |
| Acc. | colendum | colendōs |
| Abl. | colendō | colendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | colere | cultum |
| Gen. | colendī | cultū |
| Dat. | colendō | |
| Acc. | colendum | |
| Abl. | colendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 473.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 354.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "colō, colere, coluī, cultum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/colo-colere-colui-cultum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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