duoviri (less correctly duūmvirī) ōrum, m
a board of two persons, an extraordinary criminal court, duumviri (selected by Tullus Hostilius to try Horatius), L.; (by the people to try Manlius), L.; (to try Rabirius), C.: sacrorum, keepers of the Sibylline books, L.: navales, to build and equip a fleet, L.: ad aedem faciendam, to build a temple, L.—A board of colonial magistrates, Cs. — Each of the duo viri is called II vir or duūmvir, L.