What does polītīa mean in Latin?

polītīa, a noun, means “state, government, administration”.

What is the genitive of polītīa?

The genitive singular is polītīae. polītīa is feminine, first declension.

In classical Latin, [pɔ.liːˈtiː.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [po.liˈt͡siː.a].

English words that go back to Latin polītīa include police, policy and polity.

noun · femininefirst declension

polītīa f (genitive polītīae)

Classical[pɔ.liːˈtiː.a]Ecclesiastical[po.liˈt͡siː.a]

Late Latinstate, government, administration
Genus humanum solum imperante Monarcha, sui, et non alterius gratia, est: tunc enim solum Politiae diriguntur obliquae, democratiae scilicet, oligarchiae atque tyrannides, quae in servitute cogunt genus humanum.Only when the monarch rules, mankind exists for his own sake, and not of others: for only then are the twisted governments rightened, namely democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies, which force mankind into slavery.1313, Dante Alighieri, “Liber I [Book 1]”, in De monarchia [About monarchy]:

pŏlītīa, ae, f., = πολιτεία.

I. The State, the name of one of Plato's works, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60; 2, 27, 59.—

II. The administration of the Commonwealth (late Lat.), Ambros. Hexaëm. 5, 15, 52; Cassiod. Var. 9, 2.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā).

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