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colona

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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]

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