civilis

== Latin == === Etymology === From cīvis (“citizen”) + -īlis. Compare typologically urbānus. For the opposite, compare rūsticus (whence English rustic), pāgānus (whence English pagan), agrestis. Similarly, compare Ancient Greek ἀστεῖος (asteîos) vs. ἄγροικος (ágroikos). Note silvāticus (whence English savage), vīllānus (whence villain). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kiːˈwiː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈviː.lis] === Adjective === 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 ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (civil, civic): cīvicus (political): polīticus (public): commūnis, pūblicus ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “courteous, civil”): incīvīlis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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, 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. “civilis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers