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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ko.loː/, [ˈɪŋkɔɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ko.lo/, [ˈiŋkolo]

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

• incola

Related terms

• accolō
• circumcolō
• excolō
• recolō

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.