coloniarius

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [kɔ.ɫoː.niˈaː.ri.ʊs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ko.lo.niˈaː.ri.us]^[1]

Forms

colōniārius (feminine colōniāria, neuter colōniārium); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin colōnia (“colony, settlement”) + -ārius.^[2][1] ⟨colōnia⟩ is from colōnus (“farmer, settler”), from colō (“to till, inhabit”), which de Vaan traces to Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-e/o- (“to go round”).^[1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is the jurist Gaius' Institutes.^[4][5][6] Köbler dates Gaius 140–180 AD.^[6]

Semantic evolution

As an adjective it meant of or belonging to a colony, colonial; as a noun, colōniārius and colōniāria, a native of a colony, as in Gaius and Ulpian.^[2][4]

Timeline

• 140–180 AD – Gaius uses it.^[4][6]
• before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^[4][6]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Of or belonging to a colony, colonial.^[2][5]

Noun

1. A native of a colony.^[4]

Word family

• colōniāria

Related words

• colōnia
• colōnus
• colō

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de