"civis" meaning in Latin

See civis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkiː.wɪs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃiː.vis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin ceivis, from Proto-Italic *keiwis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to settle, be lying down”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ḱey-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*keiwis}} Proto-Italic *keiwis, {{der|la|ine-pro|*ḱey-||to settle, be lying down}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to settle, be lying down”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cīvis<3.abl-e-occ-i>|g=m|g2=f}} cīvis m or f (genitive cīvis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cīvis<3.abl-e-occ-i>}} Forms: cīvis [canonical, feminine, masculine], cīvis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cīvis [nominative, singular], cīvēs [nominative, plural], cīvis [genitive, singular], cīvium [genitive, plural], cīvī [dative, singular], cīvibus [dative, plural], cīvem [accusative, singular], cīvēs [accusative, plural], cīvīs [accusative, plural], cīve [ablative, singular], cīvī [ablative, singular], cīvibus [ablative, plural], cīvis [singular, vocative], cīvēs [plural, vocative]
  1. citizen Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: mūniceps
    Sense id: en-civis-la-noun-bl9hcNTh Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 61 39
  2. (by extension) a subject (i.e., a person subject to a ruler) Tags: broadly, declension-3
    Sense id: en-civis-la-noun-Iop4nt2C Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Society Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 34 66 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 34 66 Disambiguation of Society: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cīvicus, cīvīle, cīvīlis, cīvīlitās, cīvīliter, cīvitās, cīvitātula
Categories (other): Government, People Disambiguation of Government: 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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        {
          "english": "SIMO: Hey you, are you saying that Glycerium is a citizen from here?\nCRITO: Do you deny it?",
          "ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 908–909",
          "text": "SĪMŌ: Eho tū, Glycerium hinc cīvem esse ais? / CRĪTŌ: Tū negās?",
          "translation": "SIMO: Hey you, are you saying that Glycerium is a citizen from here?\nCRITO: Do you deny it?",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiː.vis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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        {
          "english": "SIMO: Hey you, are you saying that Glycerium is a citizen from here?\nCRITO: Do you deny it?",
          "ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 908–909",
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