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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin sexvir.
Noun
sexvir (plural sexvirs or sexviri)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of six officials.
Related terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From sex (“six”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sexvir m (genitive sexvirī); second declension
- sexvir
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
References
- “sexvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sexvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.