quinquevir

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English

Etymology

From Latin quīnquevir.

Noun

quinquevir (plural quinquevirs or quinqueviri)

  1. One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

From quīnque (five) + vir (man).

Pronunciation

Noun

quīnquevir m (genitive quīnquevirī); second declension

  1. (especially in plural) quinquevir

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quīnquevir quīnquevirī
Genitive quīnquevirī quīnquevirōrum
Dative quīnquevirō quīnquevirīs
Accusative quīnquevirum quīnquevirōs
Ablative quīnquevirō quīnquevirīs
Vocative quīnquevir quīnquevirī

References

  • quinquevir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quinquevir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.