• RUSTIC

1. adj., rusticus (residing in the country, like “countrified;” hence intellectually rough, bashful, ignorant of the conventional laws of decorum. Rusticitas is, in its best sense, allied to innocence; in its worst, to awkwardness): agrestis (residing or growing wild in the fields; hence morally rough, shameless, vulgar; always in a bad sense, like “churlish.” The rusticus violates only the conventional, the agrestis even the natural laws of good behavior): rusticanus (still milder, in its censure, than rusticus: rusticus is one who actually lives in a country village; rusticanus, one who resembles those who live in country villages = rusticorum similis): inurbanus (unmannerly): incultus (without cultivation; ill-bred). (The words are found in this connection and order.) agrestis et inhumanus. Sontewhat rustic, subrusticus, subagrestis. Rustic manners, mores rustici. A rustic pronunciation, vox rustica (broad) et agrestis (coarse). In a rustic manner, rustice. To speak with a rustic pronunciation, rustice loqui. To behave like a rustic, rustice facere. A rustic dress, cultus agrestis: vestitus agrestis.

2. s. rusticus (the peasant, as well with reference to his occupation as to his manners; opposed to urbanus): agrestis (the peasant with regard to his dwelling and manners: ☞ the rusticus violates merely the conventional, but the agrestis also the common laws of civility). He is a mere rustic, merum rus est (comedy): homo agrestis, stipes, caudex (as abusive epithets). Vid. SUSTIC, adjective.