I.adj. gen. omn. [rus-colo], that tills the ground; that lives in or belongs to the country, rural, rustic (poet.); masc.: “boves,” Ov. M. 5, 479; id. F. 1, 384: “Phryges,” id. M. 11, 91: “Fauni,” id. ib. 6, 392: “deus,” i.e. Priapus, id. Tr. 1, 10, 26: “dentes,” i. e. hoes, Luc. 7, 859.—Fem.: “Ceres,” Ov. Am. 3, 2, 53: “formicula,” App. M. 6, p. 177.—Neutr.: “aratrum,” Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 1.—
(α).
A tiller of the ground, a husbandman, countryman, rustic (syn. colonus); plur., Col. 10, 337; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 52. —
(β).
An ox or bull, Ov. M. 15, 124.