different between centumvir vs triumvir

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

Etymology

A Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)

1. One member of a triumvirate

Related terms

• triumviral
• decemvir
• centumvir

Translations

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tri?um.u?ir/, [t??i??mu??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tri?um.vir/, [t??i?umvir]

Noun

triumvir m (genitive triumvir?); 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).

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