Civis

Civis is an Ancient Latin word that can be roughly translated as "citizen". The word did not have the legal implications that it has today. It simply meant someone that lived within a city, as opposed to "outsiders".[1] However, it also implied a Roman Citizen, as contrasted to a military person, and was perhaps most famously uttered by the Roman Senator Cicero, who said, "Civis Romanus sum."

Currently the word is sometimes used in Europe in its Latin context, but it is also sometimes used as a surname. See Civis (Surname)

Look up civis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ↑ Pagden, Anthony (1986). "The image of the barbarian". The fall of natural man: the American Indian and the origins of comparative ethnology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33704-5.