decemvir

English

Alternative forms

Decemvir (historical sense)

Etymology

From Latin decemvirī, from decem (“ten”) +‎ virī (“men”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪ.ˈsɛm.və/
(US) IPA^(key): /dɪ.ˈsɛm.vəɹ/

Noun

decemvir (plural decemvirs or decemviri)

(historical) Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.

Derived terms

(adj.): decemviral
(rule; office; era): decemvirate
(office; term): decemvirship

Related terms

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deˈkem.wir/, [dɛˈkɛm.wɪr]

Noun

decemvir m (genitive decemvirī); second declension

decemvir

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -r.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	decemvir	decemvirī
genitive	decemvirī	decemvirōrum
dative	decemvirō	decemvirīs
accusative	decemvirum	decemvirōs
ablative	decemvirō	decemvirīs
vocative	decemvir¹	decemvirī

¹May also be decemvire.

Related terms

decemvirālis
decemvirātus

References

decemvir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
decemvir in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
decemvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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