noun · masculinesecond declension
quīnquevir
quīnquevir m (genitive quīnquevirī)
Classical[ˈkʷiːŋ.kʷɛ.wɪr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷiŋ.kʷe.vir]
Meaning
- especiallypluralquinquevir
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quīnquevir | quīnquevirī |
| genitive | quīnquevirī | quīnquevirōrum |
| dative | quīnquevirō | quīnquevirīs |
| accusative | quīnquevirum | quīnquevirōs |
| ablative | quīnquevirō | quīnquevirīs |
| vocative | quīnquevir | quīnquevirī |
quinquĕvir (V.), i, m., usu. in plur.: quinquĕ-vĭri, ōrum, m. vir,
I. board of five, the quinquevirs, a board or commission of five men for any official function. Thus, five commissioners,
1. For the apportionment of lands, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 7:
quinqueviros Pomptino agro dividendo creaverunt, Liv. 6, 21, 4.—2. For regulating indebtedness (quinqueviri mensarii), Liv. 7, 21, 5.—
3. For repairing walls and towers, Liv. 25, 7, 5.—
4. As assistants to the tresviri for the watch by night, Liv. 39, 14; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 31 al.—
5. Under the emperors, a commission to control the public expenditures:
collegium quinquevirorum publicis sumptibus minuendis, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 9.— In sing., a member of the board of five, a quinquevir: quinquevir, Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136: scriba ex quinqueviro, Hor. S. 2, 5, 56.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quīnque-vir ī, m
one of a board of five, one of five commissioners: ne quinquevirum quidem, etc.: recoctus Scriba ex quinqueviro, H.—Plur. (often written V viri), a board of five, the quinquevirs, five commissioners: constituti sunt V viri (to divide lands): quinqueviris creatis (to administer the public debt), L.: muris reficiendis, L.
Origins
From quīnque (“five”) + vir (“man”).
In English words that came into English from quīnquevir
- quinquevirquīnquevir
- quinqueviratequīnquevirātus