"colonus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: coloni [plural]
Etymology: From Latin colōnus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|colōnus}} Latin colōnus Head templates: {{en-noun|coloni}} colonus (plural coloni)
  1. (historical) A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-colonus-en-noun-m~Aix9po Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /koˈloː.nus/ [Classical], [kɔˈɫ̪oːnʊs̠] [Classical], /koˈlo.nus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [koˈlɔːnus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From the root of colō (“cultivate, till”) + -ō + -us. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*kʷel-}}, {{m|la|colō||cultivate, till}} colō (“cultivate, till”), {{m|la|-ō}} -ō, {{m|la|-us}} -us Head templates: {{la-noun|colōnus<2>|f=colōna}} colōnus m (genitive colōnī, feminine colōna); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|colōnus<2>}} Forms: colōnus [canonical, masculine], colōnī [genitive], colōna [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], colōnus [nominative, singular], colōnī [nominative, plural], colōnī [genitive, singular], colōnōrum [genitive, plural], colōnō [dative, singular], colōnīs [dative, plural], colōnum [accusative, singular], colōnōs [accusative, plural], colōnō [ablative, singular], colōnīs [ablative, plural], colōne [singular, vocative], colōnī [plural, vocative]
  1. farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil Tags: declension-2 Categories (topical): Agriculture Synonyms (farmer): agricola, arātor
    Sense id: en-colonus-la-noun-cY8wBivK Disambiguation of Agriculture: 94 6 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'farmer': 90 10
  2. colonist, colonial, inhabitant Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-colonus-la-noun-h-wCcxSJ Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colōna, colōnātus, colōnia, colōnicus
Related terms: agricola, colō, colōniārius, colōnārius, culta, cultiō, cultor, cultrīx, cultus, cultē, cultūra

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "culta"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultor"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultrīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultē"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultūra"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Satisfy eager farmers with abundant crops,\nthat they may reap rewards worthy of their labors.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.677–678",
          "roman": "ut capiant cultūs praemia digna suī.",
          "text": "frūgibus immēnsīs avidōs satiāte colōnōs,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "farmer",
          "farmer"
        ],
        [
          "tenant farmer",
          "tenant farmer"
        ],
        [
          "sharecropper",
          "sharecropper"
        ],
        [
          "husbandman",
          "husbandman"
        ],
        [
          "tiller",
          "tiller"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To appoint new inhabitants.",
          "text": "Colonos novos ascribere.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "colonist, colonial, inhabitant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colonist",
          "colonist"
        ],
        [
          "colonial",
          "colonial"
        ],
        [
          "inhabitant",
          "inhabitant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈloː.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɔˈɫ̪oːnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈlo.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈlɔːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "farmer",
      "word": "agricola"
    },
    {
      "sense": "farmer",
      "word": "arātor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colonus"
}

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