municeps

municeps

Latin

Etymology

According to De Vaan, perhaps from earlier *mūnia-kap-s, itself from mūnia (“duties, functions”) +‎ -ceps. Alternatively, De Vaan suggests that it emerged as a back-formation from mūnicipium.[1] Other theories suggests that it may derive from *mūni-cap-s, itself from the underlying i-stem form *mūni implied by mūnia.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

mūniceps m or f (genitive mūnicipis); third declension

  1. citizen (of a municipium)
    Synonym: cīvis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mūniceps mūnicipēs
genitive mūnicipis mūnicipum
dative mūnicipī mūnicipibus
accusative mūnicipem mūnicipēs
ablative mūnicipe mūnicipibus
vocative mūniceps mūnicipēs

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “-ceps, -cu/ipis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 108
  2. ^ Pinsent, John (December 1954), “The Original Meaning of”, in The Classical Quarterly‎[1], volume 4, numbers 3-4, →DOI, →ISSN, page 158: “*muni-cap-s”
  • “municeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “municeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "municeps", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “municeps”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “municeps”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “municeps”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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