Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 330.cīuis on page 330
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cīvis citizen
cīvis is a Latin Noun that primarily means citizen.
Definitions for cīvis
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
citizen
English derivatives:
civil civilian civility incivility civilize civic
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A fellow citizen,fellow countryman. (b) (w. ref. to civil war).
- 2
A citizen, countryman, considered in his relationship to the state. (b) (w. state indicated by adj. or otherwise); a citizen of the whole world, a cosmopolitan.
- 3
(w. ref. to status) A citizen, free person. (b) (spec.) a Roman citizen.
Sentences with cīvis
Latin to English
Cīvēs urbium minōrum nōn sunt meliōrēs quam eī urbium maximārum.Compare Citizens of the smaller cities are not better than those of the largest cities.
Cīvēs ipsī rem publicam melius gessērunt quam ille dux.Compare The citizens themselves managed the state better than the leader.
Hic est ille situs cui nemo civis neque hostis quibit pro factis reddere opis pretium.Compare Here lies a man whom neither fellow citizen nor foe can ever properly repay for his exploits.
Venia civitas peto, civis temeritas bis iam ante eversus, incolumis futurus iterum hostis beneficium.Compare They sought pardon for their state, which had been already twice previously ruined by the rashness of its citizens, and was about to be again safe through the kindness of its enemies.
Declension table for cīvis
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | cīvis | cīvēs |
| Gen. | cīvis | cīvium |
| Dat. | cīvī | cīvibus |
| Acc. | cīvem | cīvīs / -ēs |
| Abl. | cīvī / -e | cīvibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 92.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 330.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "cīvis, cīvis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/civis-civis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 92.cīvis, cīvis on page 92
