Latin

Proper noun

Cīvīlis

1. cognomen attested during the 1st to 4th centuries

References

• Civilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Civilis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Latin

Adjective

cīvīlis m, f ‎(neuter cīvīle); third declension

1. Of or pertaining to citizens; civic, civil.
2. Of or pertaining to public or political life; public, political.
3. (figuratively) Courteous, polite, civil, affable, urbane.
4. (substantive) courtesy, civility

Inflection

Third declension.

• comparative: cīvīlior, superlative: civilissimus

Synonyms

• (civil, civic): cīvicus
• (political): polīticus
• (public): commūnis, pūblicus

Antonyms

• (courteous, civil): incīvīlis

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• civilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• civilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CIVILIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “civilis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to teach some one letters: erudire aliquem artibus, litteris (but erudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)
    
  • statesmen: viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes
    
  • statesmanship; political wisdom: prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)
    
  • political questions: res civiles
    
  • to enter the whirlpool of political strife: se civilibus fluctibus committere
    
• civilis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers