civilitas

Latin

Etymology

From cīvīlis (“civic, civil, courteous”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiːˈu̯iː.li.taːs/, [kiːˈu̯iːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈvi.li.tas/, [t͡ʃiˈviːlit̪äs]

Noun

cīvīlitās f (genitive cīvīlitātis); third declension

1. politics, the art/practice of government
2. courteousness, politeness
3. civility, moderation, restraint

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cīvīlitās	cīvīlitātēs
Genitive	cīvīlitātis	cīvīlitātum
Dative	cīvīlitātī	cīvīlitātibus
Accusative	cīvīlitātem	cīvīlitātēs
Ablative	cīvīlitāte	cīvīlitātibus
Vocative	cīvīlitās	cīvīlitātēs

Related terms

• cīvicus
• cīvīle
• cīvīlis
• cīvīlis
• cīvīliter
• cīvis

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.