agricultura

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

agrĭcultūra, ae, f., better separately, agri cultūra, agriculture.

I Lit.: insitiones, quibus nihil invenit agri culturā sollertius, Cic. Sen. 15; id. Off. 1, 42: agri culturae studere, Caes. B. G. 6, 22: homo agri culturae deditus, Vulg. 2 Par. 26, 10.—

II Trop. (eccl. Lat.): Dei agri cultura estis, God's husbandry , Vulg. 1 Cor. 3, 9.