civicus

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Latin

Etymology

From cīvis (citizen) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cīvicus (feminine cīvica, neuter cīvicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. civic, civil, pertaining to citizens
  2. of or pertaining to a city or town

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cīvicus cīvica cīvicum cīvicī cīvicae cīvica
Genitive cīvicī cīvicae cīvicī cīvicōrum cīvicārum cīvicōrum
Dative cīvicō cīvicō cīvicīs
Accusative cīvicum cīvicam cīvicum cīvicōs cīvicās cīvica
Ablative cīvicō cīvicā cīvicō cīvicīs
Vocative cīvice cīvica cīvicum cīvicī cīvicae cīvica

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • >? Dalmatian: čoc (farmer)
  • Catalan: cívic
  • English: civic
  • French: civique
  • Italian: civico
  • Portuguese: cívico
  • Romagnol: cìvic
  • Romanian: civic
  • Spanish: cívico

References

  • civicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • civicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • civicus 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)
  • civicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “civicus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 156