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English
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Etymology
From Latin decemvir.
Pronunciation
Noun
decemvir (plural decemvirs or decemviri)
- (historical) Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
- Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.
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Latin
Etymology
From decem (“ten”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation
Noun
decemvir m (genitive decemvirī); second declension
- (especially in plural) decemvir
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
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References
- “decemvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decemvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decemvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin decemvir.
Noun
decemvir m (plural decemviri)
- decemvir
Declension