centumvir

English

Etymology

From Latin centumvir.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /sɛn.ˈtʌm.və/
  • (US) IPA(key): /sɛn.ˈtʌm.vəɹ/

Noun

centumvir (plural centumvirs or centumviri)

  1. (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.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From centum (“hundred”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

Noun

centumvir m (genitive centumvirī); second declension

  1. (especially in plural) centumvir

Declension

Second-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
  • Catalan: centumvir
  • Italian: centumviro
  • Portuguese: centúnviro
  • Spanish: centunviro

References
  • “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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centumvir.

Noun

centumvir m (plural centumviri)

  1. centumvir

Declension
Declension 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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