incolo

See also: încolo

Latin
Terrae quas celtae incolebant (800 - 400 a.C.n.) W
Lands where the Celts dwelled (800 - 400 BC).

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *enkʷelō. Equivalent to in- (“in, at, on”) +‎ colō (“cultivate”).

Pronunciation

Verb

incolō (present infinitive incolere, perfect active incoluī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to cultivate
    Synonyms: colō, subigō
  2. (by extension) to dwell or abide in a place, inhabit, reside
    Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, resideō, possideō, cōnsīdō, iaceō, subsīdō, stabulō, colō, vīvō, versor
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:
      Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquītānī, tertiam quī ipsōrum linguā Celtae, nostrā Gallī appellantur.
      Gaul, taken as a whole, is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in our language the Gauls, the third.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of incolō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present incolō incolis incolit incolimus incolitis incolunt
imperfect incolēbam incolēbās incolēbat incolēbāmus incolēbātis incolēbant
future incolam incolēs incolet incolēmus incolētis incolent
perfect incoluī incoluistī incoluit incoluimus incoluistis incoluērunt,
incoluēre
pluperfect incolueram incoluerās incoluerat incoluerāmus incoluerātis incoluerant
future perfect incoluerō incolueris incoluerit incoluerimus incolueritis incoluerint
passive present incolor incoleris,
incolere		 incolitur incolimur incoliminī incoluntur
imperfect incolēbar incolēbāris,
incolēbāre		 incolēbātur incolēbāmur incolēbāminī incolēbantur
future incolar incolēris,
incolēre		 incolētur incolēmur incolēminī incolentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present incolam incolās incolat incolāmus incolātis incolant
imperfect incolerem incolerēs incoleret incolerēmus incolerētis incolerent
perfect incoluerim incoluerīs incoluerit incoluerīmus incoluerītis incoluerint
pluperfect incoluissem incoluissēs incoluisset incoluissēmus incoluissētis incoluissent
passive present incolar incolāris,
incolāre		 incolātur incolāmur incolāminī incolantur
imperfect incolerer incolerēris,
incolerēre		 incolerētur incolerēmur incolerēminī incolerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — incole — — incolite —
future — incolitō incolitō — incolitōte incoluntō
passive present — incolere — — incoliminī —
future — incolitor incolitor — — incoluntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives incolere incoluisse — incolī — —
participles incolēns — — — — incolendus,
incolundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
incolendī incolendō incolendum incolendō — —

Derived terms

References
  • “incolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “incolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incolo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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