civilitas

Latin

Etymology

From cīvīlis (“civic, civil, courteous”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kiːˈwiː.lɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiˈviː.li.t̪as]

Noun

cīvīlitās f (genitive cīvīlitātis); third declension

1. politics, the art/practice of government
2. courteousness, politeness
3. civility, moderation, restraint
4. humanity, community, people

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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
• 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.