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incolo

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See also: încolo

Latin

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Terrae quas celtae incolebant (800 - 400 a.C.n.) W
Lands where the Celts dwelled (800 - 400 BC).

Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *enkʷelō. Equivalent to in- (in, at, on) +‎ colō (cultivate).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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incolō (present infinitive incolere, perfect active incoluī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to cultivate
    Synonyms: colō, subigō
  2. (by extension) to dwell or abide in a place, inhabit, reside
    Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, resideō, possideō, cōnsīdō, iaceō, subsīdō, stabulō, colō, vīvō, versor
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:
      Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquītānī, tertiam quī ipsōrum linguā Celtae, nostrā Gallī appellantur.
      Gaul, taken as a whole, is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in our language the Gauls, the third.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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