civis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *keiwis.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkiː.wis/, [ˈkiː.wɪs]

Noun

cīvis m or f (genitive cīvis); third declension

  1. citizen
    Civis romanus sum.
    I am a Roman citizen.

Inflection

Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cīvis cīvēs
Genitive cīvis cīvium
Dative cīvī cīvibus
Accusative cīvem cīvēs
cīvīs
Ablative cīve
cīvī		 cīvibus
Vocative cīvis cīvēs

Derived terms

References
  • civis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • civis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • civis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • civis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the aristocracy (as a party in politics): boni cives, optimi, optimates, also simply boni (opp. improbi); illi, qui optimatium causam agunt
    • a citizen of the world; cosmopolitan: mundanus, mundi civis et incola (Tusc. 5. 37)
    • a demagogue, agitator: plebis dux, vulgi turbator, civis turbulentus, civis rerum novarum cupidus
  • civis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • civis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Further reading

Portuguese

Adjective

civis

  1. feminine singular of civil

Noun

civis

  1. plural of civil
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