noun · masculinefourth declension
vīgintivirātus
vīgintivirātus m (genitive vīgintivirātūs)
Classical[wiː.ɡɪn.tɪ.wɪˈraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[vi.d͡ʒin.ti.viˈraː.tus]
Meaning
- vigintivirate (rank or office of a vigintivir)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīgintivirātus | vīgintivirātūs |
| genitive | vīgintivirātūs | vīgintivirātuum |
| dative | vīgintivirātuī | vīgintivirātibus |
| accusative | vīgintivirātum | vīgintivirātūs |
| ablative | vīgintivirātū | vīgintivirātibus |
| vocative | vīgintivirātus | vīgintivirātūs |
vīgintĭvĭrātus, ūs, m. vigintiviri,
I. the office of the vigintiviri, the vigintivirate; for the distribution of lands, Cic. Att. 9, 2, 1; Quint. 12, 1, 16 Spald.—Of the inferior civil court, Tac. A. 3, 29.—Of a municipal court, Inscr. Orell. 3970.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(vīgintīvirātus or XX virātus, ūs) m
vigintiviri, the office of the twenty, vigintivirate (see vigintiviri).—A municipal court, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin vīgintivirātus From vīgintivir + -ātus.