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rūsticus rustic
rūsticus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means rustic.
Definitions for rūsticus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
rustic, rural
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Of or suited to a farm or its cultivation. (b) res ~a, res ~ae, agricultural matters, husbandry; also, landed property. (c) Vinalia ~a, a festival on 19 Aug., prob. invoking protection on the wine harvest, but also associated with Venus as patroness of gardens: see VINALIA.
- 2
Of, belonging to, or connected with the country (opp. the town), rural, rustic. (b) (of animals, birds, plants, etc.) occurring naturally or in the wild (opp. domesticated ot cultivated varieties); gallina ~a (also ~a alone), = RVSTICVLA.
- 3
(of persons, etc.) Living in the country, practising country pursuits. (b) (masc. or fem. as sb.) a countryman (countrywoman), peasant, rustic.
- 4
(a) (of language, accent, or sim.) Typical of, or sounding like, a countryman, provincial. (b) (of other things) lacking the elegance or refinement of the town, crude, clumsy; (without depreciatory force) natural, informal.
- 5
(of persons, etc.) Having a countryman's lack of refinement, uncouth in manner or life-style, coarse, unpolished, boorish, etc.
Sentences with rūsticus
Latin to English
Etiam in pictūrā est vīlla rūstica ubi Cornelia aestāte.Compare Also in the picture is the country house and farm where Cornelia lives in summer.
Vita hic rusticus, qui tu probrum et crimen puto sum oportet, et honestus et suavis sum arbitror.Compare This country life, which you think ought to be a disgrace and a crime, they consider to be most honourable and most pleasant.
Declension table for rūsticus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | rūsticus | rūsticī |
| Gen. | rūsticī | rūsticōrum |
| Dat. | rūsticō | rūsticīs |
| Acc. | rūsticum | rūsticōs |
| Voc. | rūstice | rūsticī |
| Abl. | rūsticō | rūsticīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 486.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1671.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "rūsticus, rūstica, rūsticum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/rusticus-rustica-rusticum.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 486.on page 486
