"civitas" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkiː.u̯i.taːs/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkiːu̯ɪt̪äːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈt͡ʃi.vi.tas/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃiːvit̪äs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From earlier ceivitās, from Proto-Italic *keiwitāts. Equivalent to cīvis (“citizen”) + -tās. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ḱey-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*keiwitāts}} Proto-Italic *keiwitāts, {{suffix|la|cīvis|-tās|gloss1=citizen}} cīvis (“citizen”) + -tās Head templates: {{la-noun|cīvitās<3.I>|gen_pl=cīvitātium/cīvitātum}} cīvitās f (genitive cīvitātis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cīvitās<3>|footnote=The genitive plural in -um is the etymologically expected one as well as the more frequent.|gen_pl=cīvitātum/cīvitātium}} Forms: cīvitās [canonical, feminine], cīvitātis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cīvitās [nominative, singular], cīvitātēs [nominative, plural], cīvitātis [genitive, singular], cīvitātum [genitive, plural], cīvitātium [genitive, plural], cīvitātī [dative, singular], cīvitātibus [dative, plural], cīvitātem [accusative, singular], cīvitātēs [accusative, plural], cīvitāte [ablative, singular], cīvitātibus [ablative, plural], cīvitās [singular, vocative], cīvitātēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (Classical Latin) citizenship and its rights; often referring to Roman citizenship Tags: Classical-Latin, declension-3
    Sense id: en-civitas-la-noun-fmLvyANY Categories (other): Classical Latin
  2. (Classical Latin) the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (collectively) Tags: Classical-Latin, declension-3 Categories (topical): Government, Society
    Sense id: en-civitas-la-noun-UTgfBLt6 Disambiguation of Government: 0 47 29 0 0 24 0 Disambiguation of Society: 5 23 16 5 12 16 23 Categories (other): Classical Latin
  3. (Classical Latin, metonymically) a city and all external territory (thus distinguished from urbs) Tags: Classical-Latin, declension-3, metonymically Categories (topical): Society
    Sense id: en-civitas-la-noun-83E9GQeG Disambiguation of Society: 5 23 16 5 12 16 23 Categories (other): Classical Latin, Latin metonyms
  4. (Classical Latin, metonymically) city-states, kingdoms, or tribes, especially under Roman rule. Tags: Classical-Latin, declension-3, metonymically
    Sense id: en-civitas-la-noun-hXYmaJxt Categories (other): Classical Latin, Latin metonyms
  5. (Medieval Latin) a city: a major, biblical, or specially incorporated town, particularly cathedral cities Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3 Categories (topical): Society
    Sense id: en-civitas-la-noun-49IugjG~ Disambiguation of Society: 5 23 16 5 12 16 23 Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tas Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 13 1 14 4 6 4 11 26 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 9 0 13 3 6 4 12 32 7 3 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 8 9 9 17 40 13 5 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tas: 9 9 6 16 36 12 13
  6. (Medieval Latin) a borough: a walled settlement, sometimes particularly former Roman towns Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3 Categories (topical): Society
    Sense id: en-civitas-la-noun-uRKAHBoy Disambiguation of Society: 5 23 16 5 12 16 23 Categories (other): Medieval Latin
  7. (Ecclesiastical Latin) either the Church or Heaven Tags: Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3 Categories (topical): Society
    Sense id: en-civitas-la-noun-G-KUtqOO Disambiguation of Society: 5 23 16 5 12 16 23 Categories (other): Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 12 7 16 12 14 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ceivitās [Old-Latin], cibitās, civetās [Medieval-Latin] Derived forms: Aurēliāna civitas, civitas Aurēliāni, cīvitātula, cūrātor cīvitātis, dēfēnsor cīvitātis, exāctor cīvitātis Related terms: cīvicus, cīvīle, cīvīlis, cīvīlitās, cīvīliter, cīvis
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      "word": "cūrātor cīvitātis"
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      "word": "dēfēnsor cīvitātis"
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      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Romanian: cetate"
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    {
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      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "cituot"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "città"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: città, cittade (archaic)\n→ Sardinian: tzitade\n→ Slavomolisano: čita",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
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      "text": "Italian: città, cittade (archaic)\n→ Sardinian: tzitade\n→ Slavomolisano: čita"
    },
    {
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            "1": "nap",
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            "3": "cetate"
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          "expansion": "Neapolitan: cità, cetate",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: cità, cetate"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "cità",
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          "expansion": "Sicilian: cità, citati",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: cità, citati"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
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          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: çittæ",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: çittæ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
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            "3": "citâ"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: çitâ, citâ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: çitâ, citâ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "sità"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: sità",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: sità"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "citât"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: citât",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: citât"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "sità"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: sità",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: sità"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
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          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: zità",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: zità"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "citad"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: citad",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: citad"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "sità"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: sità",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: sità"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance: (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "ciutat"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: ciutat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: ciutat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "citet"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: citet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: citet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "ciutat"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: ciutat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: ciutat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oan",
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          },
          "expansion": "Navarro-Aragonese: ciudat, çiudat, ciudad\nAragonese: ciudat",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Navarro-Aragonese: ciudat, çiudat, ciudad\nAragonese: ciudat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "cidade"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cidade, çibdade\nGalician: cidade, Cidá (toponym)\nPortuguese: cidade",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cidade, çibdade\nGalician: cidade, Cidá (toponym)\nPortuguese: cidade"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese: ciubdad\nAsturian: ciodá, ciudá\nLeonese: ciudá\nMirandese: cidade",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese: ciubdad\nAsturian: ciodá, ciudá\nLeonese: ciudá\nMirandese: cidade"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
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          "expansion": "Old Spanish: cibdat, çibdad, cipdad, cipdat\nLadino: sivdad\nSpanish: ciudad (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: cibdat, çibdad, cipdad, cipdat\nLadino: sivdad\nSpanish: ciudad (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "Sa Chitade",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Sardinian: Sa Chitade",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Sardinian: Sa Chitade"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "civitas",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: civitas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: civitas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "",
            "3": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Albanian: [Term?]",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Albanian: [Term?]"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "qytet"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: qytet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: qytet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*kiwdọd",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *kiwdọd",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *kiwdọd (see there for further descendants)"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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  "etymology_text": "From earlier ceivitās, from Proto-Italic *keiwitāts. Equivalent to cīvis (“citizen”) + -tās.",
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    {
      "form": "cīvitās",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    {
      "form": "cīvitātis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "cīvitās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "cīvitātis",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "cīvitātum",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitāte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    {
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cīvicus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cīvīle"
    },
    {
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      "word": "cīvīlis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cīvīlitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cīvīliter"
    },
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "citizenship"
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      ],
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      ],
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        "declension-3"
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 47 29 0 0 24 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 16 5 12 16 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Society",
          "orig": "la:Society",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-civitas-la-noun-UTgfBLt6",
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "body politic",
          "body politic"
        ],
        [
          "citizen",
          "citizen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical Latin) the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (collectively)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin metonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 16 5 12 16 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Society",
          "orig": "la:Society",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a city and all external territory (thus distinguished from urbs)"
      ],
      "id": "en-civitas-la-noun-83E9GQeG",
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        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "territory",
          "territory"
        ],
        [
          "urbs",
          "urbs#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical Latin, metonymically) a city and all external territory (thus distinguished from urbs)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin metonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "city-states, kingdoms, or tribes, especially under Roman rule."
      ],
      "id": "en-civitas-la-noun-hXYmaJxt",
      "links": [
        [
          "city-state",
          "city-state"
        ],
        [
          "kingdom",
          "kingdom"
        ],
        [
          "tribe",
          "tribe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical Latin, metonymically) city-states, kingdoms, or tribes, especially under Roman rule."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 13 1 14 4 6 4 11 26 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 9 0 13 3 6 4 12 32 7 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 9 9 17 40 13 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 6 16 36 12 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tas",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 16 5 12 16 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Society",
          "orig": "la:Society",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In those days that the Lombards invaded Italy, he began Vincentia & Verona and the rest of the Venetian cities, and possessed Ticino for three years.",
          "text": "His diebus Langobardi Italia invaserunt, Vincentiam Veronamque et reliquas Venetiarum civitates coepit, et per tres annos Ticino possedit.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a city: a major, biblical, or specially incorporated town, particularly cathedral cities"
      ],
      "id": "en-civitas-la-noun-49IugjG~",
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "cathedral cities",
          "cathedral city"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a city: a major, biblical, or specially incorporated town, particularly cathedral cities"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 16 5 12 16 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Society",
          "orig": "la:Society",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a borough: a walled settlement, sometimes particularly former Roman towns"
      ],
      "id": "en-civitas-la-noun-uRKAHBoy",
      "links": [
        [
          "borough",
          "borough"
        ],
        [
          "walled",
          "walled"
        ],
        [
          "settlement",
          "settlement"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a borough: a walled settlement, sometimes particularly former Roman towns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ecclesiastical Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 12 7 16 12 14 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 16 5 12 16 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Society",
          "orig": "la:Society",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "either the Church or Heaven"
      ],
      "id": "en-civitas-la-noun-G-KUtqOO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Church",
          "Church"
        ],
        [
          "Heaven",
          "Heaven"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ecclesiastical Latin) either the Church or Heaven"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkiː.u̯i.taːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkiːu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃi.vi.tas/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiːvit̪äs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Old-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "ceivitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cibitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "civetās"
    }
  ],
  "word": "civitas"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱey-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -tas",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Government",
    "la:Society"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Aurēliāna civitas"
    },
    {
      "word": "civitas Aurēliāni"
    },
    {
      "word": "cīvitātula"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātor cīvitātis"
    },
    {
      "word": "dēfēnsor cīvitātis"
    },
    {
      "word": "exāctor cīvitātis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "tsitati"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: tsitati",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: tsitati"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruo",
            "2": "četåte"
          },
          "expansion": "Istro-Romanian: četåte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istro-Romanian: četåte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cetate"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: cetate",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: cetate"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "cituot",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "cituot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "cituot"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "città"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: città, cittade (archaic)\n→ Sardinian: tzitade\n→ Slavomolisano: čita",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: città, cittade (archaic)\n→ Sardinian: tzitade\n→ Slavomolisano: čita"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "cità",
            "3": "cetate"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: cità, cetate",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: cità, cetate"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "cità",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: cità, citati",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: cità, citati"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "çittæ"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: çittæ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: çittæ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "çitâ",
            "3": "citâ"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: çitâ, citâ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: çitâ, citâ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "sità"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: sità",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: sità"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "citât"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: citât",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: citât"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "sità"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: sità",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: sità"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "zità"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: zità",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: zità"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "citad"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: citad",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: citad"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "sità"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: sità",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: sità"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance: (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "ciutat"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: ciutat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: ciutat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "citet"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: citet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: citet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "ciutat"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: ciutat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: ciutat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oan",
            "2": "ciudat"
          },
          "expansion": "Navarro-Aragonese: ciudat, çiudat, ciudad\nAragonese: ciudat",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Navarro-Aragonese: ciudat, çiudat, ciudad\nAragonese: ciudat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "cidade"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cidade, çibdade\nGalician: cidade, Cidá (toponym)\nPortuguese: cidade",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cidade, çibdade\nGalician: cidade, Cidá (toponym)\nPortuguese: cidade"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ole",
            "2": "ciubdad"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese: ciubdad\nAsturian: ciodá, ciudá\nLeonese: ciudá\nMirandese: cidade",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese: ciubdad\nAsturian: ciodá, ciudá\nLeonese: ciudá\nMirandese: cidade"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "cibdat"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: cibdat, çibdad, cipdad, cipdat\nLadino: sivdad\nSpanish: ciudad (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: cibdat, çibdad, cipdad, cipdat\nLadino: sivdad\nSpanish: ciudad (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "Sa Chitade",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Sardinian: Sa Chitade",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Sardinian: Sa Chitade"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "civitas",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: civitas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: civitas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "",
            "3": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Albanian: [Term?]",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Albanian: [Term?]"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "qytet"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: qytet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: qytet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*kiwdọd",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *kiwdọd",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *kiwdọd (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱey-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*keiwitāts"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *keiwitāts",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cīvis",
        "3": "-tās",
        "gloss1": "citizen"
      },
      "expansion": "cīvis (“citizen”) + -tās",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier ceivitās, from Proto-Italic *keiwitāts. Equivalent to cīvis (“citizen”) + -tās.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cīvitās",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitāte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cīvitātēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cīvitās<3.I>",
        "gen_pl": "cīvitātium/cīvitātum"
      },
      "expansion": "cīvitās f (genitive cīvitātis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cīvitās<3>",
        "footnote": "The genitive plural in -um is the etymologically expected one as well as the more frequent.",
        "gen_pl": "cīvitātum/cīvitātium"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cīvicus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cīvīle"
    },
    {
      "word": "cīvīlis"
    },
    {
      "word": "cīvīlitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "cīvīliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "cīvis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "citizenship and its rights; often referring to Roman citizenship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "citizenship",
          "citizenship"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical Latin) citizenship and its rights; often referring to Roman citizenship"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (collectively)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "body politic",
          "body politic"
        ],
        [
          "citizen",
          "citizen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical Latin) the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (collectively)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Latin",
        "Latin metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a city and all external territory (thus distinguished from urbs)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "territory",
          "territory"
        ],
        [
          "urbs",
          "urbs#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical Latin, metonymically) a city and all external territory (thus distinguished from urbs)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Latin",
        "Latin metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "city-states, kingdoms, or tribes, especially under Roman rule."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city-state",
          "city-state"
        ],
        [
          "kingdom",
          "kingdom"
        ],
        [
          "tribe",
          "tribe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical Latin, metonymically) city-states, kingdoms, or tribes, especially under Roman rule."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples",
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In those days that the Lombards invaded Italy, he began Vincentia & Verona and the rest of the Venetian cities, and possessed Ticino for three years.",
          "text": "His diebus Langobardi Italia invaserunt, Vincentiam Veronamque et reliquas Venetiarum civitates coepit, et per tres annos Ticino possedit.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a city: a major, biblical, or specially incorporated town, particularly cathedral cities"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "cathedral cities",
          "cathedral city"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a city: a major, biblical, or specially incorporated town, particularly cathedral cities"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a borough: a walled settlement, sometimes particularly former Roman towns"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "borough",
          "borough"
        ],
        [
          "walled",
          "walled"
        ],
        [
          "settlement",
          "settlement"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a borough: a walled settlement, sometimes particularly former Roman towns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ecclesiastical Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "either the Church or Heaven"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Church",
          "Church"
        ],
        [
          "Heaven",
          "Heaven"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ecclesiastical Latin) either the Church or Heaven"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkiː.u̯i.taːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkiːu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃi.vi.tas/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiːvit̪äs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "ceivitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "cibitās"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "civetās"
    }
  ],
  "word": "civitas"
}

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