triumvir

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪ.ˈʌm.və/
• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪ.ˈʌm.vəɹ/

Noun

triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)

1. One member of a triumvirate

Related terms

• triumviral
• decemvir
• centumvir

Translations

Translations

• German: Triumvir m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Latin

Etymology

From trium (“of three”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈum.u̯ir/, [t̪riˈʊmu̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈum.vir/, [t̪riˈumvir]

Noun

triumvir m (genitive triumvirī); second declension

1. triumvir, whether (formally) a member of an official three-man commission or (informal) a member of a three-man junta or other group.

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	triumvir	triumvirī
Genitive	triumvirī	triumvirōrum
Dative	triumvirō	triumvirīs
Accusative	triumvirum	triumvirōs
Ablative	triumvirō	triumvirīs
Vocative	triumvir	triumvirī

Hyponyms

• triumvir monetalis

References

• “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• triumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.