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“citizenship” in Latin
cīvitāscitizenship and its rights; often referring to Roman citizenship.; the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (colcīvitātulacitizenship in a small city; a small cityimpertiōto bestow, impart, entrust; to share; to communicatetribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distributerecipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something); to recapture; to receive, accept, admit
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
citizenship
civitas, jus civitatis (the right of attaining citizenship): civitatula (with reference to a petty town, Sen., Apocol., p. 852). To give anybody the rights of citizenship, admit him thereto, civitatem alicui dare, impertire, tribuere; aliquem in civitatem accipere or recipere; aliquem in civitatem or in numerum civium asciscere; civitate aliquem donare; civem aliquem facere: diploma civitatis alicui offerre (Suet., the best phrase for our “giving the freedom of the city”), aliquem ascribere civitati or in civitatem. To receive the rights of citizenship, or the freedom of the city, consequi civitatem; recipi in civitatem; civitate donari; civitati alicui ascribi; in civitatem pervenire: to receive the rights of citizenship (or freedom of the city) from anybody, civitatem impetrare ab aliquo: for anybody, civitatem impetrare alicui: not to choose to avail one’s self of the rights of citizenship, civitatis beneficio uti nolle: to obtain the rights of citizenship by stealth, civitatem furari: to lose them, civitatem perdere: to take them away from anybody, civitatem alicui adimere; also aliquem de civitate exterminare or ejicere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for citizenship?
- The usual Latin words for “citizenship” are cīvitās, cīvitātula, impertiō; also tribuō, recipiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.