verb transitive

col-lĭno

2nd PP col-lĭnere · 3rd PP collēvi · 4th PP collĭtum · conj. 3rd

to besmear; to cover over; defile

to besmear, to cover over, defile, pollute: aliquid, aliquā re (rare; not in class. prose).

Prop.: ora venenis, Ov. R. Am. 351: tabulas cerā, Gell. 17, 9, 17: crines… •

Prop.: ora venenis, Ov. R. Am. 351: tabulas cerā, Gell. 17, 9, 17: crines adulteros pulvere, * Hor. C. 1, 15, 20 (cf. Verg. A. 12, 99: foedare in pulvere crines): caeno collitus, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 4.—

figuratively •

Trop.: pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus caeno collinunt, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133; id. Poen. 1, 2, 96.

Perseus ID: n9081 Key: collino