quattuorvir

English

Alternative forms

• quadrumvir, quartumvir
• (misspelling): quatuorvir

Etymology

From Latin quattuorvir.

Noun

quattuorvir (plural quattuorvirs or quattuorviri)

1. (historical) A member of a quattuorvirate; one of four people associated in some office.

Related terms

• quattuorviral
• quattuorvirate

Latin

Etymology

From quattuor ("four") + vir ("man").

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷat.tuˈor.u̯ir/, [kʷät̪ːuˈɔru̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwat.tuˈor.vir/, [kwät̪ːuˈɔrvir]

Noun

quattuorvir m (genitive quattuorvirī); second declension

1. (especially in plural) A board of four men

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quattuorvir	quattuorvirī
Genitive	quattuorvirī	quattuorvirōrum
Dative	quattuorvirō	quattuorvirīs
Accusative	quattuorvirum	quattuorvirōs
Ablative	quattuorvirō	quattuorvirīs
Vocative	quattuorvir	quattuorvirī

References

• quattuorvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.