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rūrĭcŏla, ae, adj. gen. omn. [rus-colo], 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, App. M. 6, p. 177.
Neutr.: aratrum, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 1.

      1. b. Subst.: rūrĭcŏ-la, ae, m.
        1. (α) A tiller of the ground, a husbandman, countryman, rustic (syn. colonus); plur., Col. 10, 337; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 52.
        2. (β) An ox or bull, Ov. M. 15, 124.

rūrĭcŏlārĭs, e, adj. [ruricola], of or belonging to tillage, rustic, rural: cultor, Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 1, 325.

* rūrĭgĕna, ae, m. [rus-gigno], one born in the country; a countryman, rustic, Ov. M. 7, 765.

Rūrīna (or, in the old orthog., Rū-sīna; v. the letter S), ae,f. [rus], a goddess that presided over agriculture, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8.