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civicus

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Latin > English

civicus civica, civicum ADJ :: of one's town/city/fellow-citizens; civil, civic; legal, civil (not military)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cīvĭcus,¹² a, um (civis), relatif à la cité ou au citoyen, civique, civil : intra muros civicos Pl. d. Char. 201, 21, dans l’enceinte de la cité ; civica bella Ov. P. 1, 2, 126, guerres civiles ; corona civica Cic. Planc. 72, [ou absolt] civica Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 5, la couronne civique.

Latin > German (Georges)

cīvicus, a, um (civis), zum Bürger gehörig, bürgerlich, Bürger-, muri, Stadtmauern, Plaut. fr.: iura, den einzelnen Bürger angehende, Hor.: bella, Ov.: c. arma pro trepidis reis, Verteidigungsrede vor Gericht, Ov.: corona civica, ein Eichenkranz, den ein Bürger erhielt, wenn er einem Mitbürger im Treffen durch Niederstrecken des Feindes das Leben rettete, Cic. u.a.: ders. subst. bl. cīvica, ae, f., Sen. rhet. u. Plin. paneg.

Latin > Chinese

civicus, a, um. adj. (civis.) :: 城者。國家者。Corona civica 赏救本國者樹葉冠。Civica bella 本處結黨亂國。Jus civicum 國家之法度。