noun · commonfourth declension
status cīvīlis
status cīvīlis m sg (genitive statūs cīvīlis)
Meaning
- New Latincivil society (organized and peaceful society), (literally) the civil state or condition
Hobbio autem indecorum erat maximè hac in re, vel hoc in loco labi: cùm quia status civilis peculiare privilegium, cuilibet in statu naturali tribuere turpe fuit, etiam tum cùm statuum hujusmodi discrimina accuratissimè tradere præ se fert; […]
But it was especially shameful for Hobbes to err in this matter, or in this place; for it was disgraceful for him to accord to anyone in the state of nature a peculiar privilege of civil society precisely where he pretends to discuss with the greatest accuracy the difference between these states […]1683, Richard Cumberland, De legibus naturae disquisitio philosophica […] , page 54: