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civis, a citizen

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

cīvis, is, c.: a citizen, 2.42, et al.; pl., comrades, 5.196.

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civesque Noun: masculine nominative plural, Noun: masculine vocative plural, Noun: feminine vocative plural, Noun: masculine accusative plural, Noun: feminine accusative plural, Noun: feminine nominative plural of civis

See civesque in Morpho

cīvis (cīves, C. I. L. 3, 966; 3337 et saep.; ceivis, S. C. Bacch. and Lex Thoria; ceus in Tab. Bant.), is, comm. (abl. usually cive: civi, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 6 (475); Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, §§ 32 and 33 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Planc. 40, 96; 41, 97; id. Sest. 12, 29; id. Balb. 19, 43; id. Att. 7, 3, 4; 14, 11, 1; cf. Prisc. p. 766 P.; dub. Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 52) [root ki- of κεῖμαι, to lie, abide; cf. κώμη], a citizen (male or female; opp. peregrinus, id. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Off. 1, 34, 124; Liv. 22, 35, 5; opp. advena, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74; or to hospes, Ter. Phorm. 328; or to hostis, Liv. 8, 36, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33; Ov. M. 13, 234).
  • I In gen.
        • a (Very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition.) Enn. Ann. 174 Vahl.; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220 (372): optati cives, populares, incolae, accolae, advenae omnes, Date viam, etc., id. Aul. 3, 1, 1 (406): quod civis cum civi agat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32: cives cum civibus de virtute certabant, Sall. C. 9, 2 al.—
        • b In fem.: Attica, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 159 (368): civis femina, id. Pers. 4, 3, 6 (475); Ter. And. 221; 833: civis virgo, id. Eun. 858; id. Ad. 725: Romana, Cic. Balb. 24, 55; 13, 30; Nep. Them. 1, 2 al.: civis Romanus, Enn. ap. Censor. p. 2725 P. (Ann. v. 174 Vahl.); Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147; 2, 4, 61, § 136. —Concerning the political rights of the civis Romanus (opposed to peregrinus or hostis), v. Zimmern, Rechtsgesch. 2, § 123 sq.; Dict. of Antiq. p. 260 sqq.—
  • II Esp., a fellow-citizen (for which, in late Lat., concivis): Lunaï portum cognoscite cives, Enn. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (Ann. v. 16 Vahl.); Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 53; Ov. M. 13, 234.—So particularly, civis meus, tuus, etc., my, thy fellow-citizen, Cato ap. Fest. p. 234; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 63 (101); Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; id. Mil. 34, 93; id. Div. 2, 2, 6; id. Fin. 1, 4, 10.—In fem.: defende cives tuas, senex, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 37 (742).—
    • B A subject: imperare corpori, ut rex civibus suis, Cic. Rep. 3, 25, 37.—
  • III Figuratively: civis totius mundi, a citizen of the world, Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

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