quinquĕvĭrātus (V.), ūs, m. [quinqueviri],
the office or dignity of a quinquevir , the quinquevirate : quinqueviratum accipere, Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41.
quīnquevirātus or V viratus (ūs), m quinqueviri, the office of a quinquevir, membership in a commi...
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