centumvir
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcentumvir (plural centumvirs or centumviri)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
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editRelated terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom centum (“hundred”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kenˈtum.u̯ir/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪ʊmu̯ɪr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈtum.vir/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪umvir]
Noun
editcentumvir m (genitive centumvirī); second declension
- (especially in plural) centumvir
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | centumvir | centumvirī |
Genitive | centumvirī | centumvirōrum |
Dative | centumvirō | centumvirīs |
Accusative | centumvirum | centumvirōs |
Ablative | centumvirō | centumvirīs |
Vocative | centumvir | centumvirī |
Descendants
edit- Catalan: centumvir
- Italian: centumviro
- Portuguese: centúnviro
- Spanish: centunviro
References
edit- “centumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- centumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin centumvir.
Noun
editcentumvir m (plural centumviri)
Declension
editDeclension of centumvir
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) centumvir | centumvirul | (niște) centumviri | centumvirii |
genitive/dative | (unui) centumvir | centumvirului | (unor) centumviri | centumvirilor |
vocative | centumvirule | centumvirilor |
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