colonus

colōnus ī, m

COL-, a husbandman, tiller of the soil : optimus, parcissimus: Pauper ruris, H.: mandere vestros colonos, i. e. oxen , O.— A farmer, peasant : navīs suis colonis implere, Cs.: qui colonus habuit conductum fundum.— A settler, colonist : colonos novos ascribi: Chersonesum colonos mittere, N.: Tyrii tenuere coloni (urbem), V.: urbem Acrisioneis fundasse colonis, i. e. by bringing as settlers subjects of Acrisius , V.