ius civile

Latin

Alternative forms

• jūs cīvīle

Noun

iūs cīvīle n sg (genitive iūris cīvīlis); third declension

1. (law) the legal code of ancient Rome; the basis of many modern systems of civil law
2. civil law; civil rights

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a third-declension adjective, singular only.

	singular
nominative	iūs cīvīle
genitive	iūris cīvīlis
dative	iūrī cīvīlī
accusative	iūs cīvīle
ablative	iūre cīvīlī
vocative	iūs cīvīle

References

• “ius civile”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers