triumvir

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English

Etymology

A Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.

Pronunciation

Noun

triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)

  1. One member of a triumvirate

Translations

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

triumvir m (plural triumvirs)

  1. triumvir

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From trium (“of three”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

Noun

triumvir m (genitive triumvirī); second declension

  1. triumvir, whether (formally) a member of an official three-man commission or (informal) a member of a three-man junta or other group.

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative triumvir triumvirī
genitive triumvirī triumvirōrum
dative triumvirō triumvirīs
accusative triumvirum triumvirōs
ablative triumvirō triumvirīs
vocative triumvir triumvirī

Hyponyms

References

  • “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • triumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

triumvir m (plural triumvirs)

  1. triumvir

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin triumvir or French triumvir.

Pronunciation

Noun

triumvir m (plural triumviri)

  1. triumvir

Declension

Declension of triumvir
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative triumvir triumvirul triumviri triumvirii
genitive-dative triumvir triumvirului triumviri triumvirilor
vocative triumvirule triumvirilor

Further reading

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