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Webster 1913 Edition
Triumvir
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Tri-um′vir
,Noun.
pl. L.
Triumviri
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, E. Triumvirs
(#)
. (Rom. Antiq.)
One of tree men united in public office or authority.
☞ In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey were the first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second and last.
Webster 1828 Edition
Triumvir
TRI'UMVIR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
triumvir
triumvir
Latin
Etymology
From trium (“three (gen.)”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈum.wir/, [trɪˈʊm.wɪr]
Noun
triumvir m (genitive triumviri); second declension
- (member of a) triumvirate
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -r.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | triumvir | triumvirī |
| genitive | triumvirī | triumvirōrum |
| dative | triumvirō | triumvirīs |
| accusative | triumvirum | triumvirōs |
| ablative | triumvirō | triumvirīs |
| vocative | triumvir1 | triumvirī |
1May also be triumvire.
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “triumvir”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.