triumvir

English

Etymology

Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɹaɪ.ˈʌm.və/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tɹaɪ.ˈʌm.vəɹ/

Noun

triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)

  1. One member of a triumvirate

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈum.wir/, [trɪˈʊm.wɪr]

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.

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.

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
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