vigintivir

English

Etymology

From Latin vīgintivir.

Noun

vigintivir (plural vigintivirs or vigintiviri)

  1. (historical) Any member of a group of twenty officials.

Latin

Etymology

From vīgintī (“twenty”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iːˈɡin.ti.u̯ir/, [u̯iːˈɡɪn̪t̪iu̯ɪr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈd͡ʒin.ti.vir/, [viˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ivir]

Noun

vīgintivir m (genitive vīgintivirī); second declension

  1. (especially in plural) vigintivir

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vīgintivir vīgintivirī
Genitive vīgintivirī vīgintivirōrum
Dative vīgintivirō vīgintivirīs
Accusative vīgintivirum vīgintivirōs
Ablative vīgintivirō vīgintivirīs
Vocative vīgintivir vīgintivirī

References
  • “vigintivir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vigintivir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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