LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst-declension one-termination adjective

rūricola1

rūricola (genitive rūricolae)
Classical[ruːˈrɪ.kɔ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ruˈriː.ko.la]

Meaning

  1. one terminationthat tills the soil
    Tempore rūricolae patiēns fit taurus arātrī8 CE – 12 CE, Ovidius, Tristia 4.6.1
  2. one terminationrural, rustic
    Je ne doute pas qu'il ne faille joindre les versets 2. & 3. de cette forte: Afin que leurs enfants n'oublient jamais leurs Autels, & leurs divinitez bocagéres (Hébreu, Aserim) qu'ils adoroient dans les bois couverts de feüillages, sur les collines élevées, sur les montagnes, sur dans les compagnes.I have no doubt that verses 2 and 3 are to be conjoined in this way: That their children never forget the altars and the rural deities (Hebrew, Asherim) that were worshiped in leafy sacred groves, on lofty hills, on the mountains, in the fields.1732 [1731], Antoine Augustin Calmet, “Commentarium in Jeremiam. Cap. XVII”, in Commentarium literale in omnes ac singulos tum veteris cum novi testamenti libros, Venice: Sebastian Colet, translation of Commentaire littéral sur tous les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testaments (in French), page 98:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerūricolarūricolarūricola
genitiverūricolaerūricolaerūricolae
dativerūricolaerūricolaerūricolae
accusativerūricolamrūricolamrūricola
ablativerūricolārūricolārūricolā
vocativerūricolarūricolarūricola
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerūricolaerūricolaerūricola
genitiverūricolārumrūricolārumrūricolārum
dativerūricolīsrūricolīsrūricolīs
accusativerūricolāsrūricolāsrūricola
ablativerūricolīsrūricolīsrūricolīs
vocativerūricolaerūricolaerūricola

rūrĭcŏla, ae,
I. adj. gen. omn. [rus-colo], that tills the ground; that lives in or belongs to the country, rural, rustic (poet.); masc.: boves, Ov. M. 5, 479; id. F. 1, 384: Phryges, id. M. 11, 91: Fauni, id. ib. 6, 392: deus, i.e. Priapus, id. Tr. 1, 10, 26: dentes, i. e. hoes, Luc. 7, 859.—Fem.: Ceres, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 53: formicula, App. M. 6, p. 177.—Neutr.: aratrum, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 1.—
b. Subst.: rūrĭcŏ-la, ae, m.
(a). A tiller of the ground, a husbandman, countryman, rustic (syn. colonus); plur., Col. 10, 337; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 52. —
(b). An ox or bull, Ov. M. 15, 124.

Origins

From rūs (“the country”) + -cola (“cultivator, dweller”). The latter comes from colō (“to till, cultivate”) and the agent-noun-forming suffix -a.

noun · masculinefirst declension
rūricola2
rūricola m (genitive rūricolae)
Classical[ruːˈrɪ.kɔ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ruˈriː.ko.la]

Meaning

  1. countryman, rustic, farmer
  2. plural normallyoxen

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerūricolarūricolae
genitiverūricolaerūricolārum
dativerūricolaerūricolīs
accusativerūricolamrūricolās
ablativerūricolārūricolīs
vocativerūricolarūricolae

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

rūricola ae, m and f
rus+COL-, a tiller of the ground, husbandman, rustic, countryman : boves, O.: Fauni, O.: deus, i. e. Priapus , O.: ruricolam mactare suum, i. e. his ox , O.: ruricolae patiens taurus aratri, O.

Origins

From rūs (“the country”) + -cola (“cultivator, dweller”). The latter comes from colō (“to till, cultivate”) and the agent-noun-forming suffix -a.

Quick answers

What does rūricola mean in Latin?
rūricola, a adjective, means “that tills the soil; rural, rustic”.
How do you pronounce rūricola?
In classical Latin, [ruːˈrɪ.kɔ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ruˈriː.ko.la].