LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

colōnia

colōnia f (genitive colōniae)
Classical[kɔˈɫoː.ni.a]Ecclesiastical[koˈlɔː.ni.a]

Meaning

  1. A colony, settlement
    Quid? Cum tē Praeneste Kalendīs ipsīs Novembribus occupātūrum nocturnō impetū esse cōnfīderēs, sēnsistīne illam colōniam meō iussū meīs praesidiīs, cūstōdiīs, vigiliīs esse mūnītam?What [about this]? When you were confident that you would seize Praeneste with a night attack on the very first of November, did you realize that that colony had been fortified by my orders, with my garrisons, guards, and watchmen?63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.8
  2. A possession in land, land attached to a farm, estate
  3. metonymicallyThe people composing a colony, colonists

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

populus quī novam sēdem petit
colony, settlement
colōnia -ae (f) — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 10

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecolōniacolōniae
genitivecolōniaecolōniārum
dativecolōniaecolōniīs
accusativecolōniamcolōniās
ablativecolōniācolōniīs
vocativecolōniacolōniae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

coloniam constituere (Leg. Agr. 1. 5. 16)
to found a colony.
coloniam deducere in aliquem locum (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)
to found a colony somewhere.

cŏlōnĭa, ae, f. colonus.
I. (Acc. to colonus, I.) A possession in land, a landed estate, a farm, Col. 11, 1, 23; Dig. 19, 2, 24, § 4; 33, 7, 20.—
B. An abode, dwelling in gen. (cf. 1. colo, I. B.), Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 40; and humorously: molarum, for a mill, id. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—Far more freq.,
II. (Acc. to colonus, II.) A colony, colonial town, settlement: colonia dicta est a colendo: est autem pars civium aut sociorum, missa ubi rem publicam habeant ex consensu suae civitatis aut publico ejus populi unde profecti sunt consilio. Hae autem coloniae sunt. quae ex consensu publico, non ex secessione sunt conditae, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 12: in coloniam aliquos emittere, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29: in colonias mittere, Liv. 4, 49, 14: coloniam collocare idoneis in locis, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 73: condere, Vell. 1, 15, 1.—Also freq.,
B. Meton. for the persons sent for the establishment of such a town, a colony, colonists, planters; hence: coloniam deducere aliquo, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9: veteranorum, id. Phil. 2, 39, 100; 2, 40, 102; id. Agr. 1, 5, 16; 2, 27, 73; 2, 34, 92; id. Brut. 20, 79; Liv. 9, 28, 7; 9, 46, 3; 10, 1, 1; 39, 55, 5 (bis) and 9; Vell. 1, 14; Suet. Tib. 4; id. Ner. 9 al.: mittere in Aeoliam, Ioniam, etc., Cic. Div. 1, 1, 3: Antium, Liv. 8, 14, 8; cf. on the Roman colonies, their laws and regulations, Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, p. 49 sq.; Madv. Opusc. Ac. p. 208 sq.; and Dict. of Antiq. —
C. Transf., of colonies of bees, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 9 and 29.
Cŏlōnĭa, ae, f.,
I. a name given to several colonial or provincial cities, but always, in the class. lang., with a more definite appellation; as Colonia Agrippina or Agrippinensis, the present Cologne.

Origins

From colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).

Descendants
  • Catalancolònia
  • Englishcolony
  • Frenchcoloniefrom Middle French colonie
  • GermanKolonie
  • GermanColonie
  • Italiancolonia
  • Occitancolònia
  • Portuguesecolônia
  • Portuguesecolónia
  • Romaniancolonie

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesColoniaColonia 1. Greek. The Greek colonies, according to Wachsmuth (Hell. Alterth. 1.99, 100), may be divided into three classes: (1) those settlements foun…

Quick answers

What does colōnia mean in Latin?
colōnia, a noun, means “A colony, settlement; A possession in land, land attached to a farm, estate; The people composing a colony, colonists”.
What is the genitive of colōnia?
The genitive singular is colōniae. colōnia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce colōnia?
In classical Latin, [kɔˈɫoː.ni.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koˈlɔː.ni.a].