septemvir
English
Etymology
Latin septemviri, plural; septem (“seven”) + viri (“men”).
Noun
septemvir (plural septemvirs or septemviri)
- (historical) A member of a septemvirate; one of seven people associated in some office.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for septemvir in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sepˈtem.wir/, [sɛpˈtɛm.wɪr]
Noun
septemvir m (genitive septemvirī); second declension
- member of a board of seven men (in plural, the board itself)
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -r.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | septemvir | septemvirī |
| Genitive | septemvirī | septemvirōrum |
| Dative | septemvirō | septemvirīs |
| Accusative | septemvirum | septemvirōs |
| Ablative | septemvirō | septemvirīs |
| Vocative | septemvir | septemvirī |
References
- septemvir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- septemvir in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- septemvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette