civicus
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cīvĭcus: a, um, adj. civis.
I Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic, citizens (more rare than the class. civilis, and, except in the phrase civica corona, mostly poet.): jura, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23: motus, id. C. 2, 1, 1: rabies, id. ib. 3, 24, 26; Flor. 3, 21, 5; cf. furor, id. 4, 2, 75: bella, Ov. P. 1, 2, 126: invidia, Sil. 8, 21: arma pro trepidis reis, i. e. defence before a tribunal, Ov. F. 1, 22.—
B Esp. corona civica, the civic crown, made of oak leaves (hence, civilis quercus, Verg. A. 6, 772, and querna corona. Ov. F. 1, 614; id. Tr. 3, 1, 36), the crown of highest distinction, except the corona obsidionalis, and bestowed upon him who had saved the life of a fellow-citizen in war; its inscription was: OB CIVEM (CIVES) SERVATVM (SERVATOS), Liv. 6, 20, 7; Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7 sq.; Gell. 5, 6, 11 sq.; Cic. Planc. 30, 72; id. Pis. 3, 6; Liv 10, 46, 3, Dict. of Antiq. p 310. —Also subst.: cīvĭca, ae, f.: civicam mereri, Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 5: aliquem civicā donare, Quint. 6, 3, 79: servati civis decus, Tac. A. 12, 31 fin.—
II Of or pertaining to a town or city: errare intra muros civicos, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (in Liv. 1, 40, 2, vicinae, not civicae, is the true reading).—No comp. or sup.
