colonatus

== Latin == === Etymology === From colōnus (“a farmer; colonist”) +‎ -ātus, from colō (“to till, cultivate”). === Noun === colōnātus m (genitive colōnātūs); fourth declension the condition of a rustic ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “colonatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “colonatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “colonatus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin