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civicus
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : cīvĭcus, a, um, civis.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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