sexvir

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English

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Etymology

From Latin sexvir.

Noun

sexvir (plural sexvirs or sexviri)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of six officials.

Latin

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Etymology

From sex (“six”) +‎ vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sexvir m (genitive sexvirī); second declension

  1. sexvir

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sexvir sexvirī
Genitive sexvirī sexvirōrum
Dative sexvirō sexvirīs
Accusative sexvirum sexvirōs
Ablative sexvirō sexvirīs
Vocative sexvir sexvirī

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.
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