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”) +‎ -nus.

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.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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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