duumviratus

Latin

Etymology

From duumvir +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /du.um.u̯iˈraː.tus/, [d̪uʊmu̯ɪˈräːt̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.um.viˈra.tus/, [d̪uːmviˈräːt̪us]

Noun

duumvirātus m (genitive duumvirātūs); fourth declension

duumvirate (rank or office of a duumvir)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	duumvirātus	duumvirātūs
Genitive	duumvirātūs	duumvirātuum
Dative	duumvirātuī	duumvirātibus
Accusative	duumvirātum	duumvirātūs
Ablative	duumvirātū	duumvirātibus
Vocative	duumvirātus	duumvirātūs

Descendants

Russian: дуумвират (duumvirat)

References

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

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