civitas

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin cīvitās. Doublet of city. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (closer to Classical Latin) /ˈki.wɪˌtɑs/, (closer to Ecclesiastical Latin) /ˈt͡ʃiviˌtɑs/ === Noun === civitas (plural civitates) (Roman history) the social body of the citizens united by law (Roman history) a city and its territory (pedantic) a community (pedantic) a state, (chiefly) a city-state ==== References ==== Merriam-Webster Online. "civitas". 2015. === Anagrams === cavitis == Latin == === Alternative forms === ceivitās (Old Latin) cibitās, civetās (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From earlier ceivitās, from ceivis + -tās. By surface analysis, cīvi(s) (“citizen”) +‎ -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkiː.wɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.vi.tas] === Noun === cīvitās f (genitive cīvitātis); third declension (Classical Latin) citizenship and its rights; often referring to Roman citizenship. (Classical Latin) the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (collectively). (Classical Latin, metonymic) a city and all external territory (thus distinguished from urbs). (Classical Latin, metonymic) city-states, kingdoms, or tribes, especially under Roman rule. (Medieval Latin) a city: a major, biblical, or specially incorporated town, particularly cathedral cities. (Medieval Latin) a borough: a walled settlement, sometimes particularly former Roman towns. (Ecclesiastical Latin) either the Church or Heaven. (New Latin) State, country. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (imparisyllabic non-i-stem or i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “civitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “civitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "civitas", 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) “civitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “civitas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “civitas”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cīvitās. === Noun === civitas n (plural civitasuri) civitas ==== Declension ==== === References === civitas in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN