colonia

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cŏlōnĭa: ae, f. colonus.
I (Acc. to colonus, I.) A possession in land, a landed estate, a farm, Col. 11, 1, 23; Dig. 19, 2, 24, § 4; 33, 7, 20.—
   B An abode, dwelling in gen. (cf. 1. colo, I. B.), Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 40; and humorously: molarum, for a mill, id. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—Far more freq.,
II (Acc. to colonus, II.) A colony, colonial town, settlement: colonia dicta est a colendo: est autem pars civium aut sociorum, missa ubi rem publicam habeant ex consensu suae civitatis aut publico ejus populi unde profecti sunt consilio. Hae autem coloniae sunt. quae ex consensu publico, non ex secessione sunt conditae, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 12: in coloniam aliquos emittere, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29: in colonias mittere, Liv. 4, 49, 14: coloniam collocare idoneis in locis, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 73: condere, Vell. 1, 15, 1.—Also freq.,
   B Meton. for the persons sent for the establishment of such a town, a colony, colonists, planters; hence: coloniam deducere aliquo, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9: veteranorum, id. Phil. 2, 39, 100; 2, 40, 102; id. Agr. 1, 5, 16; 2, 27, 73; 2, 34, 92; id. Brut. 20, 79; Liv. 9, 28, 7; 9, 46, 3; 10, 1, 1; 39, 55, 5 (bis) and 9; Vell. 1, 14; Suet. Tib. 4; id. Ner. 9 al.: mittere in Aeoliam, Ioniam, etc., Cic. Div. 1, 1, 3: Antium, Liv. 8, 14, 8; cf. on the Roman colonies, their laws and regulations, Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, p. 49 sq.; Madv. Opusc. Ac. p. 208 sq.; and Dict. of Antiq. —
   C Transf., of colonies of bees, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 9 and 29.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cŏlōnĭa,⁸ æ, f. (colonus),
1 propriété rurale, terre : Col. Rust. 11, 1, 23
2 colonie : colonias collocare in locis idoneis Cic. Agr. 2, 73, établir des colonies dans des lieux propices ; in colonias mittere Liv. 4, 49, 14, envoyer en colonie [pour fonder des colonies] || les colons : coloniam mittere in locum aliquem Cic. Div. 1, 3, envoyer qq. part une colonie ; v. deduco || [fig.] séjour : Pl. Aul. 576.