agricola

See also: agrícola and Agricola

Italian

Etymology

From Latin agricola (“farmer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡri.ko.la/
• Rhymes: -ikola
• Hyphenation: a‧grì‧co‧la

Noun

agricola m or f by sense (masculine plural agricoli, feminine plural agricole)

1. farmer

   Synonym: agricoltore

Related terms

• agricoltura

Adjective

agricola

1. feminine singular of agricolo

Anagrams

• argolica, giocarla, oligarca

Latin

Etymology

ager (“field”) +‎ -cola (“-tiller”, “-cultivator”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈɡrɪ.kɔ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈɡriː.ko.la]

Noun

agricola m (genitive agricolae); first declension

1. farmer
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.51:

     Veniō nunc ad voluptātēs agricolārum, quibus ego incrēdibiliter dēlector; quae nec ūllā impediuntur senectūte et mihi ad sapientis vītam proximē videntur accēdere.

     I turn now to the pleasures of farmers, in which I am incredibly delighted. These [joys] are in no way hindered by old age, and they seem to me to come closest to the ideal life of a philosopher.
     (Variant translations: the pleasures “of farming” or “of agriculture.”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	agricola	agricolae
genitive	agricolae	agricolārum
dative	agricolae	agricolīs
accusative	agricolam	agricolās
ablative	agricolā	agricolīs
vocative	agricola	agricolae

• Gen. pl. can sometimes be agricolûm or agricolum.

Synonyms

• (farmer): agricultor

Derived terms

• agricolor
• agricolāris

Related terms

• ager

Descendants

• → Catalan: agrícola
• → French: agricole
• → Friulian: agricul
• → Italian: agricolo
• → Piedmontese: agrìcol
• → Portuguese: agrícola
• → Romanian: agricol
• → Spanish: agrícola

See also

• sātor

References

• “agricola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “agricola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "agricola", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “agricola”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “agricola”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers