LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

agricultūra

agricultūra f (genitive agricultūrae)
Classical[a.ɡrɪ.kʊɫˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[a.ɡri.kulˈtuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. agriculture; farming

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeagricultūraagricultūrae
agrī cultūrae
genitiveagricultūrae
agrī cultūrae		agricultūrārum
agrī cultūrārum
dativeagricultūrae
agrī cultūrae		agricultūrīs
agrī cultūrīs
accusativeagricultūram
agrī cultūram		agricultūrās
agrī cultūrās
ablativeagricultūrāagricultūrīs
agrī cultūrīs
vocativeagricultūraagricultūrae
agrī cultūrae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

agriculturae studere (opp. agriculturam deserere)
to have a taste for agriculture.

agrĭcultūra, ae, f., better separately, agri cultūra,
I. agriculture.
I. Lit.: insitiones, quibus nihil invenit agri culturā sollertius, Cic. Sen. 15; id. Off. 1, 42: agri culturae studere, Caes. B. G. 6, 22: homo agri culturae deditus, Vulg. 2 Par. 26, 10.—
II. Trop. (eccl. Lat.): Dei agri cultura estis, God's husbandry, Vulg. 1 Cor. 3, 9.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūra Latin agricultūra From ager (“field, soil”) + cultūra (“cultivation”).

Elsewhere
  • Englishagriculture
  • Frenchagriculture
  • Italianagricoltura
  • Occitanagricultura
  • Portugueseagricultura
  • Romanianagricultură
  • Spanishagricultura
  • Asturianagricultura
  • Galicianagricultura
  • Normanagritchulteure
Gallo-Italic
  • Romagnolagricultùra

In English words that came into English from agricultūra

  • agricultureagricultūra

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesAgriculturaAgricultura agriculture. Authorities. --When we remember that agriculture, in the most extended acceptation of the term, was for many centuries the ch…

Quick answers

What does agricultūra mean in Latin?
agricultūra, a noun, means “agriculture; farming”.
What is the genitive of agricultūra?
The genitive singular is agricultūrae. agricultūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce agricultūra?
In classical Latin, [a.ɡrɪ.kʊɫˈtuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.ɡri.kulˈtuː.ra].
Where does agricultūra come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros → Proto-Italic *agros → Latin agricultūra.