commūnĭtas, ātis, f. [communis].
I Community , society , fellowship (very freq. in Cic.; elsewhere rare): nulla cum deo homini, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 116: condicionis, aequitatis, legationis cum hoc gladiatore, id. Phil. 6, 2, 3: et conjunctio humana, id. Off. 1, 44, 157; cf. id. ib. 1, 44, 156: vitae atque victūs, id. Fam. 9, 24, 3; id. Off. 1, 14, 45.—
B The sense of fellowship , community in feeling , etc.: cum omnis honestas manet a partibus quattuor, quarum una sit cognitionis, altera communitatis, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 43, 152; so id. ib. 1, 43, 153; and id. ib. 1, 45, 159; 3, 5, 24; 3, 33, 118.—
II (Acc. to communis, II.) Courtesy , condescension , affability , Nep. Milt. 8, 4.