adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cīvicus
cīvicus (feminine cīvica, neuter cīvicum)
Classical[ˈkiː.wɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃiː.vi.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivecivic, civil, pertaining to citizens
- adjectiveof or pertaining to a city or town
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cīvicus | cīvica | cīvicum |
| genitive | cīvicī | cīvicae | cīvicī |
| dative | cīvicō | cīvicae | cīvicō |
| accusative | cīvicum | cīvicam | cīvicum |
| ablative | cīvicō | cīvicā | cīvicō |
| vocative | cīvice | cīvica | cīvicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cīvicī | cīvicae | cīvica |
| genitive | cīvicōrum | cīvicārum | cīvicōrum |
| dative | cīvicīs | cīvicīs | cīvicīs |
| accusative | cīvicōs | cīvicās | cīvica |
| ablative | cīvicīs | cīvicīs | cīvicīs |
| vocative | cīvicī | cīvicae | cīvica |
cīvĭcus, a, um, adj. civis.
I. Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic, citizens (more rare than the class. civilis, and, except in the phrase civica corona, mostly poet.):
jura, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23: motus, id. C. 2, 1, 1: rabies, id. ib. 3, 24, 26; Flor. 3, 21, 5; cf. furor, id. 4, 2, 75: bella, Ov. P. 1, 2, 126: invidia, Sil. 8, 21: arma pro trepidis reis, i. e. defence before a tribunal, Ov. F. 1, 22.—B. Esp. corona civica, the civic crown, made of oak leaves (hence, civilis quercus, Verg. A. 6, 772, and querna corona. Ov. F. 1, 614; id. Tr. 3, 1, 36), the crown of highest distinction, except the corona obsidionalis, and bestowed upon him who had saved the life of a fellow-citizen in war;
its inscription was: OB CIVEM (CIVES) SERVATVM (SERVATOS), Liv. 6, 20, 7; Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7 sq.; Gell. 5, 6, 11 sq.; Cic. Planc. 30, 72; id. Pis. 3, 6; Liv 10, 46, 3, Dict. of Antiq. p 310. —Also subst.: cīvĭca, ae, f.: civicam mereri, Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 5: aliquem civicā donare, Quint. 6, 3, 79: servati civis decus, Tac. A. 12, 31 fin.—II. Of or pertaining to a town or city: errare intra muros civicos, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (in Liv. 1, 40, 2, vicinae, not civicae, is the true reading).—No comp. or sup.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cīvicus adj.
civis, of citizens, civil, civic: iura, H.: rabies, H.: bella, O.: arma pro trepidis reis, i. e. defence, O.: corona, the civic crown (of oak-leaves, given for saving the life of a citizen in war), C., L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-der. Proto-Italic *keiwis Latin ceivis Latin cīvis Latin -icus Latin cīvicus From cīvis (“citizen”) + -icus.
Descendants
- Catalancívic
- Englishcivic
- Frenchcivique
- Italiancivico
- Portuguesecívico
- Romaniancivic
- Spanishcívico
- Dalmatiancioc
- Romagnolcìvic
In English words that came into English from cīvicus
- civiccīvicus
- civicscīvicus