I.v. dep. n. [rusticus].
I. Lit., to live in the country, to rusticate.
A. In gen. (class.): “socerum suum Laelium semper fere cum Scipione solitum rusticari,” Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22: sin rusticatur, id Att. 12, 1, 1: “dies ad rusticandum dati,” id. Leg. 1, 3, 9.—Of abstract subjects: “(haec studia) pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur,” Cic. Arch. 7, 16.—
B. In partic., econom. t. t., to practise husbandry, to till the ground, be a farmer, Col. 11, 1, 5 sq.; 12, 3, 8.—