quattuorvir

English

Alternative forms

quadrumvir, quartumvir
(misspelling): quatuorvir

Etymology

From Latin quattuorvir.

Noun

quattuorvir (plural quattuorvirs or quattuorviri)

(historical) A member of a quattuorvirate; one of four people associated in some office.

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷat.tuˈor.u̯ir/, [kʷät̪ːuˈɔru̯ɪr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwat.tuˈor.vir/, [kwät̪ːuˈɔrvir]

Noun

quattuorvir m (genitive quattuorvirī); second declension

(especially in plural) A board of four men

Declension

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

Case	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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