municipium
ὀφθαλμοὶ γὰρ τῶν ὤτων ἀκριβέστεροι μάρτυρες → the eyes are more accurate witnesses than the ears, the eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears
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)
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.
