politia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā, “citizenship; government; civil polity”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /po.liːˈtiː.a/, [pɔ.liːˈtiː.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈti.a/, [po.liˈtiː.a]

polītīa f (genitive polītīae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) state, government
   • 1313, Dante Alighieri, “Liber I [Book 1]”, in De monarchia [About monarchy]:

     Genus humanum solum imperante Monarcha, sui, et non alterius gratia, est: tunc enim solum Politiae diriguntur obliquae, democratiae scilicet, oligarchiae atque tyrannides, quae in servitute cogunt genus humanum.

     Only when the monarch rules, mankind exists for his own sake, and not of others: for only then are the twisted governments rightened, namely democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies, which force mankind into slavery.

First-declension noun.

• → Middle French: policie, politie
  • → English: policy, polity
  • → French: police
    • → English: police
• Italian: polizia

• politia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• politia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• politia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• politia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

politia

1. definite nominative singular of politie
2. definite accusative singular of politie