quinquĕvir (V.), i, m., usu. in plur.: quinquĕ-vĭri, ōrum, m. [vir],
I board of five , the quinquevirs , a board or commission of five men for any official function. Thus, five commissioners ,
1 For the apportionment of lands, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 7: quinqueviros Pomptino agro dividendo creaverunt, Liv. 6, 21, 4.—
2 For regulating indebtedness (quinqueviri mensarii), Liv. 7, 21, 5.—
3 For repairing walls and towers, Liv. 25, 7, 5.—
4 As assistants to the tresviri for the watch by night, Liv. 39, 14; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 31 al.—
5 Under the emperors, a commission to control the public expenditures : collegium quinquevirorum publicis sumptibus minuendis, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 9.— In sing., a member of the board of five , a quinquevir : quinquevir, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 44, 136: scriba ex quinqueviro, Hor. S. 2, 5, 56.