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defensor civitatis

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

dēfēnsor cīvitātis m (genitive dēfēnsōris cīvitātis); third declension

  1. (post-Classical) Literally, Defender of the City: a judicial office under the later Roman Empire.

Declension

Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

More information singular, plural ...
  • cūrātor cīvitātis, exāctor cīvitātis

References

  • defensor civitatis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • defensor civitatis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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