rusticola

δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rustĭcŏla: ae, m. and f. rus-colo,
I an inhabitant of the country (late Lat.), Ven. Fort. Misc. 5, 5, 107.