ruricola

rūrĭcŏla, ae, 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.

(α).

A tiller of the ground, a husbandman, countryman, rustic (syn. colonus); plur., Col. 10, 337; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 52. —

(β).

An ox or bull, Ov. M. 15, 124.