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noun · masculinesecond declension

quīndecimvir

quīndecimvir m (genitive quīndecimvirī)
Classical[kʷiːn.dɛˈkɪm.wɪr]Ecclesiastical[kʷin.deˈt͡ʃim.vir]

Meaning

  1. especiallypluralquindecimvir

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequīndecimvirquīndecimvirī
genitivequīndecimvirīquīndecimvirōrum
dativequīndecimvirōquīndecimvirīs
accusativequīndecimvirumquīndecimvirōs
ablativequīndecimvirōquīndecimvirīs
vocativequīndecimvirquīndecimvirī

quindĕcimvir (plur. in inscrr. usually X¯V̄. VIRI, but also written in full, QVINDECIM VIRO SACRIS FACIVNDIS, Inscr. Grut. 476, 7, of A. D. 346), vĭri (separated, quindecim Diana preces virorum, Hor. C. S. 70), m. quindecim-vir,
I. a member of a college, commission, or board of fifteen men for any official function. — Usually in plur.: quindĕcimvĭri, gen. ūm and ōrum, the college or board of fifteen men, the fifteen. So esp.,
I. In Rome, the quindecimviri Sibyllini or sacris faciundis, a college of priests who had charge of the Sibylline books, from which, in times of danger, they divined the means of averting the peril by religious rites, Hor. l. l.; Tac. A. 6, 12 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 1100; 2263 sq.; 2351.— Gen. plur.: quindecimvirum, Tac. l. l.: quindecemvirum conlegi magister, Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—Sing.: L. Cotta quindecimvir sententiam dicturus, Suet. Caes. 79; Tac. A. 6, 12, 1: quindecimvir sacris faciundis, Gell. 1, 12. —
II. Quindecimviri agris dandis, fifteen commissioners for apportioning lands, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139.

Origins

From quīndecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”).

Quick answers

What does quīndecimvir mean in Latin?
quīndecimvir, a noun, means “quindecimvir”.
What is the genitive of quīndecimvir?
The genitive singular is quīndecimvirī. quīndecimvir is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce quīndecimvir?
In classical Latin, [kʷiːn.dɛˈkɪm.wɪr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷin.deˈt͡ʃim.vir].