country (subs.) Copy link Outline I. As opposed to town1. ăger, agri2. rūs, rūris, n. (very often with a pleasant association hence very freq. in the poetsII. Any tract of land or region as distinguished from another1. rĕgio, ōnis, f.2. terra (also wider in meaning than the Eng.3. fīnes, ium, pl. (mostly with the notion of the frontiers implied)4. tractus, ūs5. ōra, plăga6. The name of the inhabitants of a country is often put for the country itself (see L. G. § 606)III. Native country1. patria2. sŏlum (with patrium or some similar adj.)IV. With esp. reference to the inhabitants • country (subs.): I. As opposed to town: 1. ăger, agri: (usu. pl.): not only from the city, but also from the c., non solum ex urbe sed etiam ex agris, Cic.: Liv. 2. rūs, rūris, n. (very often with a pleasant association hence very freq. in the poets: of the pl. only the nom. and acc. are in use): lovers of the c., ruris amatores, Hor.: the lovely c., r. amoenum, id.: Cic.: when men go to the c., quum rus homines eunt, Pl.: Ter.: (concerning constr., v. L. G. § 256, sqq.): to live in the c., ruri habitare, Cic.: often in pl.: Cic.: Hor. One that lives in the c., rūrĭcŏla, Ov.: to live or stay in the c., rustĭcor, 1: Cic.: whence, a stay in the c., rustĭcātio, rustĭcātus, ūs, id. II. Any tract of land or region as distinguished from another: 1. rĕgio, ōnis, f.: but we see the largest c.s of the earth inhabitable, atqui terrae maximas r. inhabitabiles videmus, Cic.: v. region. (But regio may also denote a "continent:" cf. Pomp. Mel. 1, 4: "cui totius regionis vocabulo cognomen inditum est:" of Africa.) 2. terra (also wider in meaning than the Eng.: to express it, usually some limiting word is necessary). the inland c.s, interiora terrarum, Mel.: the c. of Italy, t. Italia, Liv.: the c. of Gaul, t. Gallia, Caes.: v. land. 3. fīnes, ium, pl. (mostly with the notion of the frontiers implied): into the c. of the Bellovaci, Trinobantes, etc., in fines Bellovacorum, Trinobantum, etc., Caes. 4. tractus, ūs: i. e. a tract or district of land: v. district. 5. ōra, plăga: v. region, coast. 6. The name of the inhabitants of a country is often put for the country itself (see L. G. § 606): esp. when the country has no special name: as, to go from the c. of the Treviri into that of the Menapii, ex Treviris in Menapios venire, Caes. (passim): Mel. Phr.: the first c. (you come to) is Scythia, gentium prima est Scythia, Mel.: in peaceable c., in pacato, Liv., as opp. to terra hostilis, Cic.: the open c., loca patentiora, Caes. III. Native country: 1. patria: one's native c., which is the common parent of us all, p. quae communis est omnium nostrûm parens, Cic.: of other things besides man: trees have their different native c.s, divisae sunt arboribus patriae, Virg. Belonging to one's c., patrius (the word patria itself strictly having terra understood): the language of one's native c., sermo p., Hor. (N.B. Patria is equally applicable when the native place is a single city; as, Priene, Clazomenae patriae, etc.) 2. sŏlum (with patrium or some similar adj.): s. patrium, Liv.; s. natale, Ov.: to leave one's c., i. e. go into exile, solum vertere, Cic.: Liv. Phr.: of what c., cūjas, ātis: of what c. are you, or from what town? cujates estis, aut quo ex oppido? Pl.: when Socrates was asked of what country he said he was, Socrates quum rogaretur cujatem se esse diceret, inquit, Cic.: one belonging to the same c., pŏpŭlāris: Cic.: Ter.: (more usu. civis): v. fellow-countryman. IV. With esp. reference to the inhabitants: nātio, gens, pŏpŭlus: v. people, nation.