civitas

/siv-i-tas; Latin kee-wi-tahs/US // ˈsɪv ɪˌtæs; Latin ˈki wɪˌtɑs //

公民,公民身份,公民社会,公民团体

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural civ·i·ta·tes [siv-i-tey-teez; Latin kee-wi-tah-teys]. /ˌsɪv ɪˈteɪ tiz; Latin ˌki wɪˈtɑ teɪs/.
- : the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.
- : citizenship, especially as imparting shared responsibility, a common purpose, and sense of community.

One answer resides in the belief, still ingrained in our civitas, that Americans have a shared sense of purpose and destiny.
Civitas opulenta, dives, fecunda, in qua nemo vivat otiosus.
Augustine's Civitas Dei was the first attempt at a world history based on the idea of the religious vocation of mankind.
Sed arma sumere non ante cuiquam moris, qum civitas suffecturum probaverit.
Vale civitas, valete castelli parvi; relicti estis propter aquam et non per vim inimicorum!'
Wolff's conception of the Law of Nations is influenced by his conception of the civitas gentium maxima.