LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

agricola

agricola m (genitive agricolae)
Classical[aˈɡrɪ.kɔ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[aˈɡriː.ko.la]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculinefarmer
    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.”)106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.51

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī agrōs colit; rūrī labōrat.
agricola -ae m — in Mille Verba, Rūs et Agrīcultūra
a farmer
agricola — in Seneca, ch. XVIII

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeagricolaagricolae
genitiveagricolaeagricolārum
agricolum
dativeagricolaeagricolīs
accusativeagricolamagricolās
ablativeagricolāagricolīs
vocativeagricolaagricolae

agrĭcŏla, ae, m. (Lucr. has
I. gen. plur. agricolūm in 4, 586, but reg. form in 2, 1161; 6, 1260) [ager-colo], a cultivator of land, in the widest sense, a husbandman, agriculturist (including even the vine-dresser, gardener; also one who takes pleasure in agriculture, etc.); or in a more limited sense, a farmer, ploughman, countryman, boor, peasant.
I. Prop.: bonum agricolam laudabant, Cato, R. R. 1, 2: agricolae assidui, Cic. Rosc. Am. 16: (Deiotarus) optimus paterfamilias et diligentissimus agricola et pecuarius, devoted to agriculture and cattlebreeding, id. Deiot. 9: sed venio ad agricolas, the farmers, id. Sen. 16: agricolam laudat juris peritus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 9: invisum agricolis sidus, id. ib. 1, 7, 26: sollers, Nep. Cat. 3: peritissimus, Col. R. R. 1, 11, 1: fortunati, Verg. G. 2, 468: indomiti, id. A. 7, 521: parvo beati, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 139: negotiosi, Col. R. R. 9, 2, 5: severi, Lucr. 5, 1356: miseri, Verg. A. 12, 292; Vulg. Gen. 4, 2; ib. Jacob. 5, 7.—Of the vine-dresser, keeper of a vineyard: locavit eam (vineam) agricolis, Vulg. Matt. 21, 33; ib. Joan. 15, 1.— Hence,
II. Meton., of the gods, patrons, tutelary deities of agriculture, as Ceres, Bacchus, Faunus, etc.: agricolarum duces di, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 4: Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus, Tib. 2, 1, 36.
Agrĭcŏla, ae, m.,
I. a Roman proper name: Cn. Julius, a celebrated Roman commander, father-in-law of Tacitus, who wrote his life, v. Tac. Agr.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  3. Proto-Italic*agros
  4. Latinagricola

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cola Latin agricola From ager (“field”) + -cola (“-tiller; cultivator”).

Descendants
  • Catalanagrícola
  • Frenchagricole
  • Italianagricolo
  • Portugueseagrícola
  • Romanianagricol
  • Spanishagrícola
  • Friulianagricul
  • Piedmonteseagrìcol

Quick answers

What does agricola mean in Latin?
agricola, a noun, means “farmer”.
What is the genitive of agricola?
The genitive singular is agricolae. agricola is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce agricola?
In classical Latin, [aˈɡrɪ.kɔ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈɡriː.ko.la].
Where does agricola come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros → Proto-Italic *agros → Latin agricola.