colona

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [kɔˈɫoː.na]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koˈlɔː.na]^[1]

Forms

colōna f (genitive colōnae); first declension^[1]

Etymology

It is the feminine of colōnus “farmer, settler”, from colō “to till”.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Ovid, of a farmer's wife.^[2] Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^[3]

Semantic evolution

It meant a countrywoman, a female cultivator, a farmer's wife, as in Ovid's Fasti, and in Ulpian and the Digest a female tenant of land.^[2][4]

In Medieval Latin it meant a woman with the status of the colōnī, the dependent tenants.^[5]

Timeline

• 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^[2][3]
• before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of a female tenant.^[2][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A countrywoman, farmer's wife.^[2][4]
2. A female tenant of land.^[2]

Related words

• colōnus
• colō
• colōnia

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill