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See also: Civilis
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cīvis (“citizen”) + -īlis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kiːˈu̯iː.lis/, [kiːˈu̯iːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈvi.lis/, [t͡ʃiˈviːlis]
Adjective
[edit]cīvīlis (neuter cīvīle, comparative cīvīlior, superlative cīvīlissimus, adverb cīvīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- civic, civil (of or pertaining to citizens)
- public, political (of or pertaining to public or political life)
- (figuratively) courteous, polite, civil, affable, urbane
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | cīvīlis | cīvīle | cīvīlēs | cīvīlia | |
genitive | cīvīlis | cīvīlium | |||
dative | cīvīlī | cīvīlibus | |||
accusative | cīvīlem | cīvīle | cīvīlēs cīvīlīs |
cīvīlia | |
ablative | cīvīlī | cīvīlibus | |||
vocative | cīvīlis | cīvīle | cīvīlēs | cīvīlia |
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “courteous, civil”): incīvīlis
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “civilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “civilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- civilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- civilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to teach some one letters: erudire aliquem artibus, litteris (but erudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)
- statesmen: viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes
- statesmanship; political wisdom: prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)
- political questions: res civiles
- to enter the whirlpool of political strife: se civilibus fluctibus committere
- to teach some one letters: erudire aliquem artibus, litteris (but erudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)
- “civilis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱey-
- Latin terms suffixed with -ilis (denominative)
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin third declension adjectives
- Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook