duodecimvir

English

Alternative forms

(misspelling): duodecemvir

Etymology

From Latin duodecimvir.

Noun

duodecimvir (plural duodecimvirs or duodecimviri)

(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of twelve officials.

Related terms

duodecimvirate

Latin

Etymology

From duodecim (“twelve”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /du.o.deˈkim.u̯ir/, [d̪uɔd̪ɛˈkɪmu̯ɪr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.deˈt͡ʃim.vir/, [d̪uod̪eˈt͡ʃimvir]

Noun

duodecimvir m (genitive duodecimvirī); second declension

(especially in plural) duodecimvir

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	duodecimvir	duodecimvirī
Genitive	duodecimvirī	duodecimvirōrum
Dative	duodecimvirō	duodecimvirīs
Accusative	duodecimvirum	duodecimvirōs
Ablative	duodecimvirō	duodecimvirīs
Vocative	duodecimvir	duodecimvirī

References

“duodecimvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
duodecimvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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