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colorem

colorem is a Latin form of color, meaning “color, hue; complexion; outward show, pretext”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 158 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.14.2: Interiores plerique frumenta non serunt, sed lacte et carne vivunt pellibusque sunt vestiti. Omnes vero se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugna aspectu;

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 1.1.21: Colorem ex altera parte quae durior est LATRO aiebat hunc sequendum, ut grauissimarum iniuriarum inexorabilia et arde …

All forms of color (declension 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.