quattuorviri

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

quattŭor-vĭri (quat-), ōrum, m.,

the board of four , i. e. a body of four men associated in certain official functions; thus, in Rome, for the superintendence of the highways, Dig. 1, 2, 2; Inscr. Orell. 773; cf. ib. 3669.— In the municipia or colonies, the board of chief magistrates , Cic. Clu. 8, 25.

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