Latin

Noun

mūnicipium n ‎(genitive mūnicipiī); second declension

1. township
2. municipality, town

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• municipātim

Descendants

• French: municipe
• Italian: municipio
• Portuguese: município
• Romanian: municipiu
• Spanish: municipio

References

• municipium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• municipium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• municipium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• municipium in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin municipium, used in Swedish since 1832.

Noun

municipium n

1. a municipality, a small, incorporated town (in ancient Rome or in Sweden c. 1862-1971)

Declension

Related terms

• municipal

Synonyms

• municip
• municipalsamhälle

References

• municipium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (9th ed., 5th printing, 1954)
• municipium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (10th ed., 1st printing, 1973)
• municipium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
• Municipium in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1913)