quindecimvir
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quīndecimvir.
Noun[edit]
quindecimvir (plural quindecimvirs or quindecimviri)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From quīndecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiːn.deˈkim.u̯ir/, [kʷiːn̪d̪ɛˈkɪmu̯ɪr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwin.deˈt͡ʃim.vir/, [kwin̪d̪eˈt͡ʃimvir]
Noun[edit]
quīndecimvir m (genitive quīndecimvirī); second declension
- (especially in plural) quindecimvir
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- “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.
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