colonus

American  

[kuh-loh-nuhs] / kəˈloʊ nəs /

noun

plural

coloni

1. a serf in the latter period of the Roman Empire or in the early feudal period.

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Etymology

Origin of colonus

First recorded in 1885–90; from Latin colōnus “inhabitant of a colony, tenant farmer, farmer,” derivative of colere “to inhabit, till, cultivate”; cult, cultivate

Example Sentences

Phil. ii. 41, like σύνοικος; colonus, the farmer, in opp. to the landowner, Cic.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

Sequor hunc, Lucanus an Appulus anceps; Nam Venusinus arat finem sub utrumque colonus.

From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius

"Neither colonus nor casarius nor the son of such is he, nor even esne, whose trade might win him privileges."

From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West

Rostra vacant, edicta silent, sua praemia desunt Emeritis, populo jura, colonus agris.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by

Then seek there a man by name of Tobias, a colonus and a worker in ivory for the good Christian priests.

From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West