rustĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [rusticus].
I Lit., to live in the country , to rusticate.
A In gen. (class.): socerum suum Laelium semper fere cum Scipione solitum rusticari, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22: sin rusticatur, id. Att. 12, 1, 1: dies ad rusticandum dati, id. Leg. 1, 3, 9.—Of abstract subjects: (haec studia) pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur, Cic. Arch. 7, 16.—
B In partic., econom. t. t., to practise husbandry , to till the ground , be a farmer , Col. 11, 1, 5 sq.; 12, 3, 8.—
II Transf., to talk in a rustic manner , talk like a peasant : Varrones, Terentius, Sid. Ep. 4, 3.