defensor civitatis

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈfen.sor kiː.u̯iˈtaː.tis/, [d̪eːˈfẽːs̠ɔr kiːu̯ɪˈt̪äːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈfen.sor t͡ʃi.viˈta.tis/, [d̪eˈfɛnsor t͡ʃiviˈt̪äːt̪is]

dēfēnsor cīvitātis m (genitive dēfēnsōris cīvitātis); third declension

1. (post-Classical) Literally, “Defender of the City”: a judicial office under the later Roman Empire.

Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

• cūrātor cīvitātis, exāctor cīvitātis

• “defensor civitatis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “defensor civitatis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin