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Septemvir
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Sep-tem′vir
,Noun.
pl. E.
Septemvirs
(#)
, L. Septemviri
(#)
. [L.
septemviri
, pl.; septem
seven + viri
, pl. of vir
man.] (Rom. Hist.)
One of a board of seven men associated in some office.
Definition 2024
septemvir
septemvir
English
Noun
septemvir (plural septemvirs or septemviri)
- (historical) A member of a septemvirate; one of seven people associated in some office.
Latin
Noun
septemvir m (genitive septemviri); second declension
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -r.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | septemvir | septemvirī |
| genitive | septemvirī | septemvirōrum |
| dative | septemvirō | septemvirīs |
| accusative | septemvirum | septemvirōs |
| ablative | septemvirō | septemvirīs |
| vocative | septemvir1 | septemvirī |
1May also be septemvire.
References
- septemvir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- septemvir in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “septemvir”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.