quindecimvir

English

Etymology

From Latin quīndecimvir.

Noun

quindecimvir (plural quindecimvirs or quindecimviri)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.

Related terms

• quindecimviral
• quindecimvirate

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːn.deˈkim.u̯ir/, [kʷiːn̪d̪ɛˈkɪmu̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwin.deˈt͡ʃim.vir/, [kwin̪d̪eˈt͡ʃimvir]

Noun

quīndecimvir m (genitive quīndecimvirī); second declension

1. (especially in plural) quindecimvir

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quīndecimvir	quīndecimvirī
Genitive	quīndecimvirī	quīndecimvirōrum
Dative	quīndecimvirō	quīndecimvirīs
Accusative	quīndecimvirum	quīndecimvirōs
Ablative	quīndecimvirō	quīndecimvirīs
Vocative	quīndecimvir	quīndecimvirī

References

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