civis
τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
Latin > English
civis civis N C :: fellow citizen; countryman/woman; citizen, free person; a Roman citizen
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cīvis: (cīves, C. I. L. 3, 966; 3337 et saep.; ceivis, S. C. Bacch. and Lex Thoria; ceus in Tab. Bant.), is, comm. (abl. usually cive:
I civi, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, §§ 32 and 33 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Planc. 40, 96; 41, 97; id. Sest. 12, 29; id. Balb. 19, 43; id. Att. 7, 3, 4; 14, 11, 1; cf. Prisc. p. 766 P.; dub. Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 52) root ki- of κεῖμαι, to lie, abide; cf. κώμη], a citizen (male or female; opp. pe regrinus, id. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Off. 1, 34, 124; Liv. 22, 35, 5; opp. advena, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74; or to hospes, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 14; or to hostis, Liv. 8, 36, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33; Ov. M. 13, 234).
I In gen.
a (Very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition.) Enn. Ann. 174 Vahl.; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220: optati cives, populares, incolae, accolae, advenae omnes, Date viam, etc., id. Aul. 3, 1, 1: quod civis cum civi agat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32: cives cum civibus de virtute certabant, Sall. C. 9, 2 al.—
b In fem.: Attica, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 159: civis femina, id. Pers. 4, 3, 6; Ter. And. 1, 3, 16; 5, 1, 14: civis virgo, id. Eun. 5, 2, 19; id. Ad. 4, 7, 7: Romana, Cic. Balb. 24, 55; 13, 30; Nep. Them. 1, 2 al.: civis Romanus, Enn. ap. Censor. p. 2725 P. (Ann. v. 174 Vahl.); Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147; 2, 4, 61, § 136. —Concerning the political rights of the civis Romanus (opposed to peregrinus or hostis), v. Zimmern, Rechtsgesch. 2, § 123 sq.; Dict. of Antiq. p. 260 sqq.—
II Esp., a fellow-citizen (for which, in late Lat., concivis): Lunaï portum cognoscite cives, Enn. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (Ann. v. 16 Vahl.); Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 53; Ov. M. 13, 234.—So particularly, civis meus, tuus, etc., my, thy fellow-citizen, Cato ap. Fest. p. 234; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 63; Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; id. Mil. 34, 93; id. Div. 2, 2, 6; id. Fin. 1, 4, 10.—In fem.: defende cives tuas, senex, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 37.—
B A subject: imperare corpori, ut rex civibus suis, Cic. Rep. 3, 25, 37.—
III Figuratively: civis totius mundi, a citizen of the world, Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cīvis,⁵ is, m., citoyen, concitoyen : omnes cives tui Cic. Cat. 1, 17, tous tes concitoyens || = sujet : imperare corpori, ut rex civibus suis Cic. Rep. 3, 37, commander au corps, comme un roi à ses sujets || [au fém.] civis Romana Cic. Balbo 55, citoyenne romaine ; defende cives tuas Pl. Rud. 742, défends tes concitoyennes. abl. ordin. cive ; mais on trouve aussi civi : Pl. Pers. 475 ; Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 16 ; Att. 7, 3, 4 ; Sest. 29, etc. || nom. arch. ceivis S. C. Bacch. CIL 1, 581, 7, etc.; gén. ceivis, dat. ceivi ; nom. acc. pl. ceiveis.
Latin > German (Georges)
cīvis, is, c. (vgl. ahd. hīwo, Gatte, hīwa, Gattin, altind. çéva-h, traut, lieb, wert), I) Bürger, Bürgerin eines Staates (Ggstz. peregrinus, externus, hostis), civis Romanus, Enn. fr., Cic. u. a. (s. Drak. Liv. 40, 18, 16): civis improbus, perditus, Cic.: c. bonus, Cic.: cives veteres, novi, Liv.: alqm civem asciscere, Cic.: duarum civitatum civem esse, Cic.: esse pro cive, Cic.: facere alqm civem, Nep.: fieri civem Romanum, Cic.: se pro cive Romano ferre (ausgeben), Liv.: se pro cive gerere (verhalten), Cic. – fem., c. femina, Plaut.: c. virgo, Ter.: c. Attica, Bürgerin, Bürgerstochter aus Athen, Ter.: u. so virgo civis Corinthia, Vitr.: civis Carthaginiensis, filia Hasdrubalis, Liv.: cives Romanas uxores ducere, Liv. – übtr., caeli civis, Fulg. myth. 1. p. 3 M. – II) insbes.: A) Mitbürger, Mitbürgerin, cives tui, mei, Plaut. u. Cic.: cives eorum, Liv. – fem., defende cives tuas, Plaut. – B) der Bürger = der Untertan, imperare corpori, ut rex civibus suis, Cic. de rep. 3, 37. – / Abl. gew. cive, doch auch civi, zB. Plaut. Pers. 475. Cic. ep. 1, 9, 16; ad Att. 7, 3, 4. Cic. Verr. 2, 32 (u. dazu Zumpt). Vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 Bd. 1. S. 338. -Nomin. Sing. arch. ceivis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 176, 7 u. ö.: Genet. ceivis, Dat. ceivi, Nomin. u. Akk. Plur. ceiveis auf Inschriften: Akk. Plur. civis, b. den Dichtern der august. Zeit u. auf Münzen, s. Wölfflins Archiv 11, 270 f.
