citizenship Copy link • citizenship: cīvĭtas: to bestow c. upon any one, aliquem civitate donare, Cic.; civitatem alicui dare, impertiri, Cic.: to obtain the c. of Rome, c. Romanam assequi, Tac.: to lose c., c. amittere or perdere, Cic.: to admit a man to the right of c., aliquem in civitatem recipere, Cic.: to deprive of c., alicui c. adimere, Cic.: to obtain the c. fraudulently, c. furari, Cic.