colonicus

Latin

Etymology

From colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈloː.ni.kus/, [kɔˈɫ̪oːnɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈlo.ni.kus/, [koˈlɔːnikus]

Adjective

colōnicus (feminine colōnica, neuter colōnicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to agriculture or husbandry.
2. Found upon any farm, common.
3. Of or pertaining to a colony, colonial.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	colōnicus	colōnica	colōnicum		colōnicī	colōnicae	colōnica
genitive	colōnicī	colōnicae	colōnicī		colōnicōrum	colōnicārum	colōnicōrum
dative	colōnicō	colōnicae	colōnicō		colōnicīs
accusative	colōnicum	colōnicam	colōnicum		colōnicōs	colōnicās	colōnica
ablative	colōnicō	colōnicā	colōnicō		colōnicīs
vocative	colōnice	colōnica	colōnicum		colōnicī	colōnicae	colōnica

Synonyms

• (colonial): colōniārius

Derived terms

• colōnica

Related terms

• agricola
• colō
• colōna
• colōnārius
• colōnātus
• colōnia
• colōniārius
• colōnus
• culta
• cultē
• cultiō
• cultor
• cultūra
• cultus

References

• “colonicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “colonicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• colonicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.