quattuorvir

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin quattuorvir.

Noun

quattuorvir (plural quattuorvirs or quattuorviri)

  1. (historical) A member of a quattuorvirate; one of four people associated in some office.
    • 1983, Lesław Morawiecki, “Issues struck during [Julius] Caesar’s lifetime”, in Political Propaganda in the Coinage of the Late Roman Republic (44-43 B.C.), Lviv: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo, →ISBN, part I (The use of political propaganda in the struggle for power in the year 44 B.C.), page 19:
      The quattuorviri probably took up office on January 1st 44 B.C., although some authorities believe this event took place in October 45 B.C.

Latin

Etymology

From quattuor ("four") + vir ("man").

Pronunciation

Noun

quattuorvir m (genitive quattuorvirī); second declension

  1. (especially in plural) A board of four men

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative quattuorvir quattuorvirī
genitive quattuorvirī quattuorvirōrum
dative quattuorvirō quattuorvirīs
accusative quattuorvirum quattuorvirōs
ablative quattuorvirō quattuorvirīs
vocative quattuorvir quattuorvirī

References

  • “quattuorvir”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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