English

Noun

colonus ‎(plural coloni)

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

Latin

Etymology

From colō ‎(“cultivate, till”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈloː.nus/

Noun

colōnus m ‎(genitive colōnī); second declension

1. farmer
2. colonist, colonial, inhabitant

   Colonos novos ascribere.

   To appoint new inhabitants.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (farmer): agricola, arātor

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Descendants

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “colonus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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