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colere

colere is a Latin form of colo, meaning “cultivate, till; inhabit, dwell in; worship, honor; tend, cherish”. It is the 2nd person singular future passive indicative or 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 76 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.12.2: maritima pars ab eis, qui praedae ac belli inferendi causa ex Belgio transierunt (qui omnes fere eis nominibus civitatum appellantur, quibus orti ex civitatibus eo pervenerunt) et bello illato ibi permanserunt atque agros colere coeperunt.

Terence, Adelphi 5.8.928: Colere, adiuvare, adiungere.

Plautus, Casina 5.4.963: Úbi tu es, qui cólere mores Mássilienses póstulas?

All forms of colo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.