different between quinquevirate vs quinquevir

English

Etymology

From Latin qu?nquevir?tus, from qu?nquevir? (“quinquevirs”) + -?tus (“-ate”).

Noun

quinquevirate (plural quinquevirates)

1. An official group of five people, especially a council of five men sharing office or rule.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:government

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:government

Related terms

• quinquevir
• quinqueviral

References

• "quinquevirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

English

Etymology

From Latin qu?nquevir

Noun

quinquevir (plural quinquevirs or quinqueviri)

1. One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.

Related terms

• quinqueviral
• quinquevirate

Latin

Etymology

From qu?nque (“five”) + vir (“man”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?i?n.k?e.u?ir/, [?k?i??k??u??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwin.kwe.vir/, [?kwi?kw?vir]

Noun

qu?nquevir m (genitive qu?nquevir?); second declension

1. (especially in plural) quinquevir

Declension

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

References

• quinquevir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quinquevir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette