ruricolas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ruricola, ruricolae:
Common · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
one who tills the land, country-dweller;
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ramis 400et gelidas alte summotis solibus umbras.hunc non ruricolae Panes nemorumque potentesSiluani Nymphaeque tenent, sed barbara ritusacra deum..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...antris pervigil auditur Chalybum labor: arma fatigant ruricolae, Gradive, tui; sonat illa creatrix prima manus belli, terras crudelis..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...bacchaeque, frequentant, at Silenus abest: titubantem annisque meroque ruricolae cepere Phryges vinctumque coronis ad regem duxere Midan..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...possis et perlucentes numerare in pectore fibras. illum ruricolae, silvarum numina, fauni et satyri fratres et tunc quoque..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...venantibus adsit! artifices in te verte, Minerva, manus! ruricolae, Cereri teneroque adsurgite Baccho! Pollucem pugiles, Castora placet eques..."