different between centumvir vs decemvir

English

Etymology

From Latin centumvir.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?n.?t?m.v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s?n.?t?m.v??/

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

Latin

Etymology

From centum (“hundred”) + vir (“man”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ken?tum.u?ir/, [k?n??t??mu??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t??en?tum.vir/, [t???n??t?umvir]

Noun

centumvir m (genitive centumvir?); second declension

1. (especially in plural) centumvir

Declension

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

Descendants

• Catalan: centumvir
• Italian: centumviro
• Portuguese: centúnviro
• Spanish: centunviro

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin centumvir

Noun

centumvir m (plural centumviri)

1. centumvir

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• Decemvir (historical sense)
• (misspelling): decimvir

Etymology

From Latin decemvir.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?.?s?m.v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?.?s?m.v??/

Noun

decemvir (plural decemvirs or decemviri)

1. (historical) Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
2. Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.

Derived terms

• (adj.): decemviral
• (rule; office; era): decemvirate
• (office; term): decemvirship

Related terms

• decemviral
• triumvir
• centumvir

Latin

Etymology

From decem (“ten”) + vir (“man”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de?kem.u?ir/, [d???k?mu??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?t??em.vir/, [d???t???mvir]

Noun

decemvir m (genitive decemvir?); second declension

1. (especially in plural) decemvir

Declension

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

Related terms

• decemvir?lis
• decemvir?tus

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin decemvir

Noun

decemvir m (plural decemviri)

1. decemvir

Declension