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Webster 1913 Edition
Duumvir
‖
Du-um′vir
,Noun.
pl. E.
Duumvirs
(#)
, L. Duumviri
(#)
. [L., fr.
duo
two + vir
man.] (Rom. Antiq.)
One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.
Webster 1828 Edition
Duumvir
DUUMVIR
,Noun.
Definition 2025
duumvir
duumvir
English
Noun
duumvir (plural duumvirs or duumviri)
- One of two persons jointly exercising the same office in Republican Rome.
Related terms
Faliscan
Etymology
Cognate with, and probably from, Latin duumvir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʷum.wir/
Noun
duumvir m
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /duˈum.wir/, [dʊˈʊm.wɪr]
Noun
duumvir m (genitive duumviri); second declension
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -r.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | duumvir | duumvirī |
| genitive | duumvirī | duumvirōrum |
| dative | duumvirō | duumvirīs |
| accusative | duumvirum | duumvirōs |
| ablative | duumvirō | duumvirīs |
| vocative | duumvir1 | duumvirī |
1May also be duumvire.
Descendants
- Russian: дуумвир (duumvir)
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “duumvir”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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