noun · masculinesecond declension
triumvir
triumvir m (genitive triumvirī)
Classical[triˈʊn.wɪr]Ecclesiastical[triˈum.vir]
Meaning
- masculinetriumvir, whether (formally) a member of an official three-man commission or (informal) a member of a three-man junta or other group.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | triumvir | triumvirī |
| genitive | triumvirī | triumvirōrum |
| dative | triumvirō | triumvirīs |
| accusative | triumvirum | triumvirōs |
| ablative | triumvirō | triumvirīs |
| vocative | triumvir | triumvirī |
trĭumvir, vĭri, v. triumviri.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
triumvir or IIIvir virī, gen plur. ōrum or ūm, m
tres+vir, one of three associates in office, a member of a board of three, one of three joint commissioners : Gracchum triumvirum coloniis deducundis necaverat, i. e. one of three commissioners to found a colony , S.: agrarius, L.: triumvir rei p., one of three dictators, to reconstitute the state , N.—Plur: triumviros agro dando creat, to distribute land , L.: capitales, superintendents of public prisons and of the police , L.: mensarii, commissioners of a public bank , L.: nocturni, fire-wardens , L.: senatus triumviros binos creari iussit, two recruiting boards, each of three members , L.: triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persignandis, to solicit and register votive offerings , etc., L.: triumviri reficiendis aedibus, to rebuild the temples , L.
Origins
By surface analysis, trium (“of three”) + vir (“man”); see duumvir for more.
Descendants
- Englishtriumvir