"colonia" meaning in Latin

See colonia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɔˈɫoː.ni.a] [Classical-Latin], [koˈlɔː.ni.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|colōnus|-ia<id:abstract noun>}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kʷelō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "colō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "colōnus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ijos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-(i)yós", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-ios", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ia", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "colonia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="colonia">, {{root|la|ine-pro|*kʷel-}} Head templates: {{la-noun|colōnia<1>}} colōnia f (genitive colōniae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|colōnia<1>}} Forms: colōnia [canonical, feminine], colōniae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], colōnia [nominative, singular], colōniae [nominative, plural], colōniae [genitive, singular], colōniārum [genitive, plural], colōniae [dative, singular], colōniīs [dative, plural], colōniam [accusative, singular], colōniās [accusative, plural], colōniā [ablative, singular], colōniīs [ablative, plural], colōnia [singular, vocative], colōniae [plural, vocative]
  1. A colony, settlement Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-colonia-la-noun-wrMwtWGo Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -ia (abstract noun) Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ia (abstract noun): 38 28 34
  2. A possession in land, land attached to a farm, estate Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-colonia-la-noun-zeVb0GxN Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ia (abstract noun) Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 32 47 21 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ia (abstract noun): 38 28 34
  3. (metonymic) The people composing a colony, colonists Tags: declension-1, metonymically
    Sense id: en-colonia-la-noun-UJneD~ML Categories (other): Latin metonyms, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -ia (abstract noun) Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 20 55 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ia (abstract noun): 38 28 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colōnārius, Colōnia Agrippīna, colōniārius
Related terms: agricola, colō, colōna, colōnātus, colōnicus, colōnus, culta, cultē, cultiō, cultor, cultūra, cultus
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          "text": "Quid? Cum tē Praeneste Kalendīs ipsīs Novembribus occupātūrum nocturnō impetū esse cōnfīderēs, sēnsistīne illam colōniam meō iussū meīs praesidiīs, cūstōdiīs, vigiliīs esse mūnītam?",
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "lang_code": "et",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "koloonia"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Kolonie"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "lang_code": "et",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "koloonia"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "pre-1901"
      ],
      "word": "Colonie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "colònia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "kolonia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "colônia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "colónia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "colonie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kolónija",
      "word": "коло́ния"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "koloni"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "etymon"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "colōnia",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniae",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniae",
          "coloniae"
        ]
      ],
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōnia",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōnia",
          "colonia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniae",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniae",
          "coloniae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniae",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniae",
          "coloniae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniārum",
          "coloniarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniae",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniae",
          "coloniae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniīs",
          "coloniis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniam",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniam",
          "coloniam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniās",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniās",
          "colonias#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniā",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniā",
          "colonia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniīs",
          "coloniis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōnia",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōnia",
          "colonia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colōniae",
      "links": [
        [
          "colōniae",
          "coloniae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "colōnia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "colōnia f (genitive colōniae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "colōnia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "agricola"
    },
    {
      "word": "colō"
    },
    {
      "word": "colōna"
    },
    {
      "word": "colōnātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "colōnicus"
    },
    {
      "word": "colōnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "culta"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultē"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultor"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultūra"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What [about this]? When you were confident that you would seize Praeneste with a night attack on the very first of November, did you realize that that colony had been fortified by my orders, with my garrisons, guards, and watchmen?",
          "ref": "63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.8",
          "text": "Quid? Cum tē Praeneste Kalendīs ipsīs Novembribus occupātūrum nocturnō impetū esse cōnfīderēs, sēnsistīne illam colōniam meō iussū meīs praesidiīs, cūstōdiīs, vigiliīs esse mūnītam?",
          "translation": "What [about this]? When you were confident that you would seize Praeneste with a night attack on the very first of November, did you realize that that colony had been fortified by my orders, with my garrisons, guards, and watchmen?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A colony, settlement"
      ],
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        [
          "colony",
          "colony"
        ],
        [
          "settlement",
          "settlement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A possession in land, land attached to a farm, estate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possession",
          "possession"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "attach",
          "attach"
        ],
        [
          "estate",
          "estate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The people composing a colony, colonists"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "composing",
          "compose"
        ],
        [
          "colonist",
          "colonist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymic) The people composing a colony, colonists"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɔˈɫoː.ni.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈlɔː.ni.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colonia"
}

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