translation help - "rusticus"

Question

Found a new term preparing a profile from late 17th century southern Germany: "Rusticus". His son is described as an "agricola" (which take to be a farmer), but it seems there has to be a distinction between the two. The searches I have done shed no light on this, however.

Comments

My guess would be farmer vs agricultural labourer, ie that the father held some land (whether as owner or tenant).

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Family Search has a Latin genealogical word list that includes both of these terms (the answers posted are consistent with it) and many other useful terms. See https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List#R

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Thank you very much for the link, George Fulton. This is extremely useful.

Answer 1

Rusticus is latin and means farmer, peasant.

It is a noun.

Answer 2

Rusticus is latin for rustic which means relating to the countryside.

Answer 3

I am absolutely no Latin expert, but the online dictionaries I consulted say "agricola" is a noun (farmer) while "rustica" is an adjective (rural).