different between decemvir vs triumvir

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

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