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civitate

civitate is a Latin form of civitas, meaning “state, citizenship; community”. It is the ablative singular feminine noun.

Found 613 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.3.3: … ter regnum in Sequanis multos annos obtinuerat et a senatu populi Romani amicus appellatus erat, ut regnum in civitate sua occuparet, quod pater ante habuerit;

Suetonius, Divus Julius 8.1: decedens ergo ante tempus colonias Latinas de petenda ciuitate agitantes adiit, et ad audendum aliquid concitasset, nisi consules conscriptas in Ciliciam legiones paulisper ob id ipsum retinuissent.

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 6.4.1: Ciuitate nostra Cannensi clade perculsa, cum admodum tenui filo suspensa rei publicae salus ex sociorum fide penderet, …

All forms of civitas (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.