civitatula Latin · revision 9688

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca|origins=ine-pro *ḱey-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kiː.wɪˈtaː.tʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃi.viˈtaː.tu.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cīvitātula''' ''f'' (genitive cīvitātulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cīvitās|-ula|t1=citizenship, state]], a diminutive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨cīvitās⟩ is from [[m|la|cīvis|t=citizen]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*keiwi-|t=society]], from [[ine-pro|*ḱei-wo-|t=friendly, intimate]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Seneca's ''Apocolocyntosis'', of citizenship in a petty state.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant citizenship in a small state, in Seneca, and a small city or town, in Apuleius and Jerome.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a little city, as in Bede.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of citizenship.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of a small town.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small city or town.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|citizenship|alt=Citizenship]] in a petty state.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cīvicus]]

+ * [[cīvīle]]

+ * [[cīvīlis]]

+ * [[cīvīlitās]]

+ * [[cīvīliter]]

+ * [[cīvis]]

+ * [[cīvitās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}