cŏlōnus, i, m. [colo].
I A husbandman , tiller of the soil (opp. pastor), Cato R. R. prooem. § 2; Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 5; id. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 35, 6; 2, 14, 12; id. S. 2, 1, 35; 2, 2, 115; Verg. E. 9, 4; id. G. 1, 125; Ov. M. 1, 272; Sen. Ep. 114, 25.—
B Esp., a farmer , one who cultivates another’s land , Caes. B. C. 1, 34; Cic. Caecin. 32, 94; Col. 1, 7, 1; Plin. Ep. 10, 8 (24), 5; Dig. 19, 2, 15 al. —
II A colonist , inhabitant of a colonial town , ἄποικος, Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75; id. Phil. 2, 40, 102; id. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Nep. Milt. 1, 1; Liv. 4, 11, 3 sq.; 9, 26, 3 and 5; Verg. A. 1, 12 al.; Hor. C. 2, 6, 5; Vell. 1, 14, 6.—
b Poet., for an inhabitant in gen., Verg. A. 7, 63; 7, 410.—Humorously: catenarum, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 32.