civilis

See also: Civilis

Latin

Etymology

From cīvis (“citizen”) +‎ -īlis.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kiːˈu̯iː.lis/, [kiːˈu̯iːlʲɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈvi.lis/, [t͡ʃiˈviːlis]

Adjective

cīvīlis (neuter cīvīle, comparative cīvīlior, superlative cīvīlissimus, adverb cīvīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

civic, civil (of or pertaining to citizens)
public, political (of or pertaining to public or political life)
(figuratively) courteous, polite, civil, affable, urbane

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	cīvīlis	cīvīle	cīvīlēs	cīvīlia
Genitive	cīvīlis		cīvīlium
Dative	cīvīlī		cīvīlibus
Accusative	cīvīlem	cīvīle	cīvīlēs cīvīlīs	cīvīlia
Ablative	cīvīlī		cīvīlibus
Vocative	cīvīlis	cīvīle	cīvīlēs	cīvīlia

Synonyms

(civil, civic): cīvicus
(political): polīticus
(public): commūnis, pūblicus

Antonyms

(courteous, civil): incīvīlis

Derived terms

bellum cīvīle
cīvīle
Cīvīlis (cognomen)
cīvilista
cīvīlitās
cīvīliter
iūs cīvīle
status cīvīlis

Related terms

cīvicus
cīvis
cīvitās
cīvitātula

Descendants

→ Catalan: civil
→ Danish: civil
→ English: civil
→ French: civil
→ Friulian: civîl
→ Italian: civile
→? Ladin: zevil
→ Piedmontese: civil
→ Portuguese: cível, civil
→ Romanian: civil
→ Spanish: civil

References

“civilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“civilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
civilis 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)
civilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to teach some one letters: erudire aliquem artibus, litteris (but erudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)
- statesmen: viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes
- statesmanship; political wisdom: prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)
- political questions: res civiles
- to enter the whirlpool of political strife: se civilibus fluctibus committere
“civilis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers