quinquevir

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

quīnque-vir ī, m

one of a board of five, one of five commissioners: ne quinquevirum quidem, etc.: recoctus Scriba ex quinqueviro, H.—Plur.(often written V viri), a board of five, the quinquevirs, five commissioners: constituti sunt V viri (to divide lands): quinqueviris creatis (to administer the public debt), L.: muris reficiendis, L.

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