colonus

See also: Colonus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin colōnus.

Noun

colonus (plural coloni)

  1. (historical) A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From colō (“cultivate, till”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈloː.nus/, [kɔˈɫoː.nʊs]

Noun

colōnus m (genitive colōnī); second declension

  1. farmer
  2. colonist, colonial, inhabitant
    Colonos novos ascribere.
    To appoint new inhabitants.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative colōnus colōnī
genitive colōnī colōnōrum
dative colōnō colōnīs
accusative colōnum colōnōs
ablative colōnō colōnīs
vocative colōne colōnī

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References

  • colonus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colonus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • colonus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • colonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • colonus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • colonus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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