cīvis | cīves | ceivis | ceus (noun Comm) : (, C. I. L. 3, 966; 3337 et saep.; , S. C. Bacch. and Lex Thoria; in Tab. Bant.), , (abl. usually cive:
* 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,Cic. 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).
* In gen.
* (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.
* 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.
* A subject: imperare corpori, ut rex civibus suis,Cic. Rep. 3, 25, 37.
* Figuratively: civis totius mundi,a citizen of the world,Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

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