noun · masculinefirst declension
incola
incola m or f (genitive incolae)
Classical[ˈɪŋ.kɔ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ˈiŋ.ko.la]
Meaning
- femininemasculineinhabitant, resident
12 CE – 13 CE, Ovidius, Epistulae ex Ponto 1.1.1
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī in locō habitatincola -ae (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 6, 12
quī locum habitatincola -ae (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 16, 21
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Incolere · Habitare · Incola · Inquilinus · Colonus
1. Incolere is transitive, as to inhabit; habitare, intransitive, as to dwell. At the same time incolere has reference to the country, to which a man, as a citizen or inhabitant, belongs; whereas habitare has reference to the house, in which a man, as owner or tenant, has his stationary residence. 2. Incola is the inhabitant, in opp. to the citizen, Cic. Off. i. 34, like μέτοικος; inquilinus, the tenant, in opp. to the owner of the house, dominus, Cic. Phil. ii. 41, like σύνοικος; colonus, the farmer, in opp. to the landowner, Cic. Cæc. 32; something like θής.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | incola | incolae |
| genitive | incolae | incolārum |
| dative | incolae | incolīs |
| accusative | incolam | incolās |
| ablative | incolā | incolīs |
| vocative | incola | incolae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- mundanus, mundi civis et incola (Tusc. 5. 37)
- a citizen of the world; cosmopolitan.
incŏla, ae, comm. (f. Phaedr. 1, 6, 6; Prud. Ham. 642) [in-colo],
I. an inhabitant of a place, a resident.
I. Lit.:
optati cives, populares, incolae, accolae, advenae omnes, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 1: incola est, qui in aliquam regionem domicilium suum contulit, quem Graeci πάροικον appellant, Dig. 50, 16, 239: opp. civis; peregrini autem atque incolae officium est, etc., a foreign resident ( = Gr. μέτοικος), Cic. Off. 1, 34, 125; cf.: Tarquinium, non Romanae modo sed ne Italicae quidem gentis, . . incolam a Tarquiniis ... regem factum, Liv. 4, 3, 11: incola et his magistratibus parere debet, apud quos incola est, et illis, apud quos civis est, Dig. 50, 1, 29; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; 2, 4, 58, § 130: sunt enim e terra homines, non ut incolae atque habitatores, id. N. D. 2, 56, 140: Coloneus ille locus cujus incola Sophocles ob oculos versabatur, id. Fin. 5, 1, 3: (Socrates) totius mundi se incolam et civem arbitrabatur, id. Tusc. 5, 37, 108: audiebam Pythagoram Pythagoreosque incolas paene nostros, almost our countrymen, id. de Sen. 21, 78: Pergama, Incola captivo quae bove victor alat, Ov. H. 1, 52: Phryx, Luc. 9, 976: Idumæae Syrophoenix portae, Juv. 8, 160.— Poet., in apposition, or adj., Cameren incola turba vocat, the natives, Ov. F. 3, 582.— II. Transf., of animals and inanimate things:
aquarum incolae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38: rana stagni incola, Phaedr. 1, 6, 5: novum incolam (piscem) mari dedit, Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63: quae (arbores) incolarum numero esse coepere, i. e. indigenous, id. 12, 3, 7, § 14: Addua, Ticinus, Mincius, omnes Padi incolae, i. e. flowing into the Po, id. 3, 19, 23, § 131: me Porrectum ante fores obicere incolis Plorares aquilonibus, native, Hor. C. 3, 10, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
incola ae, m and f
1 in+COL-, an inhabitant, resident (opp. advena): de Africā et eius incolis, S.: ut huc novus incola venit, H.: incolae paene nostri, almost our countrymen: Idumaeae Syrophoenix portae, Iu.: Cameren incola turba vocant, the natives, O.—An inhabitant: aquarum incolae: rana stagni, Ph.: me obicere incolis aquilonibus, native, H.—A foreign resident, sojourner, immigrant: peregrini autem atque incolae officium: incola a Tarquiniis, L.
Origins
From incolō (“to inhabit, dwell in”) + -a (agent noun), from in + colō (“dwell, inhabit”).
Descendants
- Catalaníncola
- Portugueseíncola
- Spanishíncola
In English words that came into English from incola
- pratincolepratincola