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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:
I.“civi,” Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 6; 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. pe regrinus,” Cic. 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. 2, 2, 14; “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: “optati cives, populares, incolae, accolae, advenae omnes, Date viam, etc.,” id. Aul. 3, 1, 1: “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: “civis femina,” id. Pers. 4, 3, 6; Ter. And. 1, 3, 16; 5, 1, 14: “civis virgo,” id. Eun. 5, 2, 19; id. Ad. 4, 7, 7: “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; 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.—
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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