quinquevir

English

Etymology

From Latin quīnquevir.

Noun

quinquevir (plural quinquevirs or quinqueviri)

1. One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.

Related terms

• quinqueviral
• quinquevirate

Latin

Etymology

From quīnque (“five”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷiːn.kʷe.u̯ir/, [ˈkʷiːŋkʷeu̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwin.kwe.vir/, [ˈkwiŋkwevir]

Noun

quīnquevir m (genitive quīnquevirī); second declension

1. (especially in plural) quinquevir

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quīnquevir	quīnquevirī
Genitive	quīnquevirī	quīnquevirōrum
Dative	quīnquevirō	quīnquevirīs
Accusative	quīnquevirum	quīnquevirōs
Ablative	quīnquevirō	quīnquevirīs
Vocative	quīnquevir	quīnquevirī

References

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