civicus

Latin

Etymology

From cīvis (“citizen”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.u̯i.kus/, [ˈkiːu̯ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.vi.kus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːvikus]

Adjective

cīvicus (feminine cīvica, neuter cīvicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. civic, civil, pertaining to citizens
2. of or pertaining to a city or town

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cīvicus	cīvica	cīvicum		cīvicī	cīvicae	cīvica
Genitive	cīvicī	cīvicae	cīvicī		cīvicōrum	cīvicārum	cīvicōrum
Dative	cīvicō		cīvicō		cīvicīs
Accusative	cīvicum	cīvicam	cīvicum		cīvicōs	cīvicās	cīvica
Ablative	cīvicō	cīvicā	cīvicō		cīvicīs
Vocative	cīvice	cīvica	cīvicum		cīvicī	cīvicae	cīvica

Synonyms

• (civic, civil): cīvīlis

Derived terms

• corōna cīvica

Related terms

• cīvīle
• cīvīlis
• cīvīlitās
• cīvīliter
• cīvis
• cīvitās
• cīvitātula

Descendants

• >? Dalmatian: čoc (“farmer”)
• → Catalan: cívic
• → English: civic
• → French: civique
• → Italian: civico
• → Portuguese: cívico
• → Romagnol: cìvic
• → Romanian: civic
• → Spanish: cívico

References

• “civicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “civicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• civicus 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)
• civicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “civicus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 156