centumvir

English

Etymology

From Latin centumvir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛn.ˈtʌm.və/
• IPA^(key): /sɛn.ˈtʌm.vəɹ/

Noun

centumvir (plural centumvirs or centumviri)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

Derived terms

• centumviral

Related terms

• decemvir
• triumvir

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Latin

Etymology

From centum (“hundred”) + vir (“man”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kenˈtum.u̯ir/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪ʊmu̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈtum.vir/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪umvir]

Noun

centumvir m (genitive centumvirī); second declension

1. (especially in plural) centumvir

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	centumvir	centumvirī
Genitive	centumvirī	centumvirōrum
Dative	centumvirō	centumvirīs
Accusative	centumvirum	centumvirōs
Ablative	centumvirō	centumvirīs
Vocative	centumvir	centumvirī

References

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