civilitas
Latin
Etymology
From cīvīlis (“civic, civil, courteous”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kiːˈu̯iː.li.taːs/, [kiːˈu̯iːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈvi.li.tas/, [t͡ʃiˈviːlit̪äs]
Noun
cīvīlitās f (genitive cīvīlitātis); third declension
- politics, the art/practice of government
- courteousness, politeness
- 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