quinquevir
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin quīnquevir.
Noun
editquinquevir (plural quinquevirs or quinqueviri)
- One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
Related terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom quīnque (“five”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷiːn.kʷe.u̯ir/, [ˈkʷiːŋkʷeu̯ɪr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwin.kwe.vir/, [ˈkwiŋkwevir]
Noun
editquīnquevir m (genitive quīnquevirī); second declension
- (especially in plural) quinquevir
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | quīnquevir | quīnquevirī |
Genitive | quīnquevirī | quīnquevirōrum |
Dative | quīnquevirō | quīnquevirīs |
Accusative | quīnquevirum | quīnquevirōs |
Ablative | quīnquevirō | quīnquevirīs |
Vocative | quīnquevir | quīnquevirī |
References
edit- “quinquevir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quinquevir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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