civilitas
Latin
Etymology
From cīvīlis (“civic, civil, courteous”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kiːˈwiː.lɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈviː.li.t̪as]
Noun
cīvīlitās f (genitive cīvīlitātis); third declension
- politics, the art/practice of government
- courteousness, politeness
- civility, moderation, restraint
- humanity, community, people
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cīvīlitās | cīvīlitātēs |
| genitive | cīvīlitātis | cīvīlitātum |
| dative | cīvīlitātī | cīvīlitātibus |
| accusative | cīvīlitātem | cīvīlitātēs |
| ablative | cīvīlitāte | cīvīlitātibus |
| vocative | cīvīlitās | cīvīlitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: civilitat
- → English: civility
- → French: civilité
- → Friulian: civiltât
- → Italian: civiltà, civilità
- → Piedmontese: siviltà
- → Portuguese: civilidade
- → Romanian: civilitate
- → Spanish: civilidad
References
- “civilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "civilitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- civilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.