defensor civitatis

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfẽː.sɔr kiː.wɪˈtaː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈfɛn.sor t͡ʃi.viˈtaː.tis] === Noun === dēfēnsor cīvitātis m (genitive dēfēnsōris cīvitātis); third declension (post-Classical) Literally, “Defender of the City”: a judicial office under the later Roman Empire. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion. ==== Related terms ==== cūrātor cīvitātis, exāctor cīvitātis === References === “defensor civitatis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “defensor civitatis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin