municipiumn.

Brit.

/mjuːnᵻˈsɪpɪəm/, U.S.

/ˌmjunəˈsɪpiəm/

Inflections: Plural municipia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mūnicipium.

Etymology: < classical Latin mūnicipium < mūnicip- , mūniceps (see municipal n.) + -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare earlier municipy n.

Roman History.

An Italian city or (later) one in the provinces whose citizens held the privileges of Roman citizens.The exact constitution of a municipium and the extent of citizen rights varied from city to city, most notably in respect of the right of voting at Rome (ius suffragii).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > city with Roman privileges

municipy1579

municipium1706

municipality1795

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Municipium, any City, or Town Corporate, that enjoy'd any or all the Privileges and Liberties belonging to the City of Rome, and yet still had particular Laws and Customs of their own to be govern'd by.

1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. i. 7/1 Nor is there any Reason to think the Romans built the City of London, where there was neither a Colony, nor a Municipium.

1727 N. Lardner in Wks. (1838) I. 79 Municipia were towns, or cities, which had the citizenship of Rome bestowed upon them, and yet still lived according to their own laws and constitutions.

1767 A. Smith Let. 12 Feb. in Corr. (1977) ci. 124 The colonists lost their right of voting or of being elected to any magistry in the Roman comitia. In this respect they were inferior to many municipia.

1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 312 (note) The two supreme magistrates in the municipia..whose office was analogous to that of the consuls at Rome, were called duumvirs.

1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 184 A Roman colonia or municipium had consisted pretty generally of two main classes, the servile, and the free, who might by courtesy be called the self-governing.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 910/1 Its inhabitants had certainly acquired Roman citizenship before the Social War and it continued to be a municipium throughout the Roman period.

1983 Mil. Affairs 47 20/1 The civil town beside the river flourished..but it did not become a municipium (chartered town, ranking below a colonia in dignity) until very late.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	municipium
释义	municipiumn. Brit. /mjuːnᵻˈsɪpɪəm/, U.S. /ˌmjunəˈsɪpiəm/ Inflections: Plural municipia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mūnicipium. Etymology: < classical Latin mūnicipium < mūnicip- , mūniceps (see municipal n.) + -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare earlier municipy n. Roman History. An Italian city or (later) one in the provinces whose citizens held the privileges of Roman citizens.The exact constitution of a municipium and the extent of citizen rights varied from city to city, most notably in respect of the right of voting at Rome (ius suffragii). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > city with Roman privileges municipy1579 municipium1706 municipality1795 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Municipium, any City, or Town Corporate, that enjoy'd any or all the Privileges and Liberties belonging to the City of Rome, and yet still had particular Laws and Customs of their own to be govern'd by. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. i. 7/1 Nor is there any Reason to think the Romans built the City of London, where there was neither a Colony, nor a Municipium. 1727 N. Lardner in Wks. (1838) I. 79 Municipia were towns, or cities, which had the citizenship of Rome bestowed upon them, and yet still lived according to their own laws and constitutions. 1767 A. Smith Let. 12 Feb. in Corr. (1977) ci. 124 The colonists lost their right of voting or of being elected to any magistry in the Roman comitia. In this respect they were inferior to many municipia. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 312 (note) The two supreme magistrates in the municipia..whose office was analogous to that of the consuls at Rome, were called duumvirs. 1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 184 A Roman colonia or municipium had consisted pretty generally of two main classes, the servile, and the free, who might by courtesy be called the self-governing. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 910/1 Its inhabitants had certainly acquired Roman citizenship before the Social War and it continued to be a municipium throughout the Roman period. 1983 Mil. Affairs 47 20/1 The civil town beside the river flourished..but it did not become a municipium (chartered town, ranking below a colonia in dignity) until very late. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1706
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