duumvir
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
duumvir (plural duumvirs or duumviri)
- One of two persons jointly exercising the same office in Republican Rome.
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
duumvir m (plural duumvirs)
Related terms
Further reading
- “duumvir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Alternative forms
- duovir (pre-Classical, Vulgar Latin, post-classical, Medieval Latin)
- duomvir (Vulgar Latin, post-classical, Medieval Latin)
- duumuir, duûmuir, duûmvir (Renaissance Latin, early modern)
Etymology
From Old Latin, synchronically duum (“of two”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation
Noun
duumvir m (genitive duumvirī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | duumvir | duumvirī |
| Genitive | duumvirī | duumvirōrum |
| Dative | duumvirō | duumvirīs |
| Accusative | duumvirum | duumvirōs |
| Ablative | duumvirō | duumvirīs |
| Vocative | duumvir | duumvirī |
Descendants
References
- “duumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “duumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “duumvir”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “duumvir”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
duumvir m (plural duumviri)
Declension
Declension of duumvir
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) duumvir | duumvirul | (niște) duumviri | duumvirii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) duumvir | duumvirului | (unor) duumviri | duumvirilor |
| vocative | duumvirule | duumvirilor | ||