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Latin
Pronunciation
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.
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