quinqueviratus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- V virātus, V. virātus, V.virātus (abbreviations with numeral)
Etymology edit
quīnquevir + -ātus (abstract noun)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiːn.kʷe.u̯iˈraː.tus/, [kʷiːŋkʷeu̯ɪˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwin.kwe.viˈra.tus/, [kwiŋkweviˈräːt̪us]
Noun edit
quīnquevirātus m (genitive quīnquevirātūs); fourth declension
- quinquevirate (office or dignity of a quinquevir, membership in a commission of five)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?)
see De Provinciis Consularibus Oratio 41.
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quīnquevirātus | quīnquevirātūs |
| Genitive | quīnquevirātūs | quīnquevirātuum |
| Dative | quīnquevirātuī | quīnquevirātibus |
| Accusative | quīnquevirātum | quīnquevirātūs |
| Ablative | quīnquevirātū | quīnquevirātibus |
| Vocative | quīnquevirātus | quīnquevirātūs |
Descendants edit
- English: quinquevirate
References edit
- “quinquĕvĭrātus (V.)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quīnquevirātus or V viratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quinquĕvĭrātŭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,302/3.
- “quinqueuirātus” on page 1,557/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)