municipium
κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mūnĭcĭpĭum: ii, n. municeps,
I a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship (together with, in most cases, the right of voting), but was governed by its own laws; a free town (cf. municeps; syn.: civitas, oppidum): Sex. Roscius, pecuniā sui municipii facile primus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 15: nullum erat Italiae municipium, id. Sest. 14, 32: e municipio antiquissimo Tusculano, id. Planc. 8, 19.—Sometimes for colonia: L. Castronius longe princeps municipii Lucensis, Cic. Fam. 13, 13 init.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mūnĭcĭpĭum,⁹ ĭī, n. (municeps), municipe, ville municipale : Cic. Amer. 15 ; Sest. 32.
Latin > German (Georges)
mūnicipium, iī, n. (municeps), ein Munizipium, d.i. eine Stadt außer Rom, bes. in Italien, die nach eigenen Gesetzen von eigenen Magistraten (decuriones) verwaltet wird u. zugleich das römische Bürgerrecht hat, d.i. alle Privilegien eines römischen Bürgers (meist auch das Stimmrecht in Rom) genießt, eine Bundesstadt, Cic. u.a. – / arch. moinicipium, wov. Abl. Sing. u. Plur. moinicipio u. moinicipieis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200, 31.
Latin > English
municipium municipi(i) N N :: municipality, town; town subject to Rome but under its own laws; free town
municipium municipium municipii N N :: township (administrative division)
