rūrĭcŏla, ae, adj. gen. omn. [rus-colo],
I 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, Ap. Met. 6, 10, 16.— 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.