ruricola

Latin

Etymology

From rūs (the country) + colō (I till, cultivate).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ruːˈri.ko.la/, [ruːˈrɪkɔɫ̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ruˈri.ko.la/, [ruˈriːkolä]

Adjective

rūricola (genitive rūricolae); first-declension adjective (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms)

  1. that tills the soil
  2. rural, rustic

Declension

First-declension adjective (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative rūricola rūricolae rūricola
Genitive rūricolae rūricolārum
Dative rūricolīs
Accusative rūricolam rūricola rūricolās rūricola
Ablative rūricolā rūricolīs
Vocative rūricola rūricolae

Derived terms

  • rūricolāris

Noun

rūricola m (genitive rūricolae); first declension

  1. countryman, rustic, farmer
  2. (usually in the plural) oxen

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rūricola rūricolae
Genitive rūricolae rūricolārum
Dative rūricolae rūricolīs
Accusative rūricolam rūricolās
Ablative rūricolā rūricolīs
Vocative rūricola rūricolae

References

  • ruricola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ruricola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ruricola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ruricola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.