triumvĭri (also written tresvĭri, and IIIvĭri), ōrum or ūm, m. [tres-vir], three men holding an office together or associated in public business, a board of three, three joint commissioners appointed for various purposes, a triumvirate. So,
I Triumviri coloniae deducendae or agro dando, for leading out a colony and distributing the land among its members , Liv. 3, 1, 6; 4, 11, 5; 6, 21, 4; 8, 16, 14 al.—In sing.: nobilitas ... Gaium Gracchum ... triumvirum coloniis deducundis ferro necaverat, Sall. J. 42, 1: triumvir agrarius, Liv. 27, 21, 10; Cic. Brut. 20, 79.—
II Triumviri capitales, superintendents of public prisons , who performed many of the duties of modern police magistrates, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; Cic. Or. 46, 156: carceris lautumiarum, Liv. 32, 26, 27; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30; Liv. 25, 1, 10; 39, 14, 10.—In sing., Val. Max. 5, 4, 7.—
III Triumviri Epulones, v. epulo.—
IV Triumviri monetales, directors of the mint , Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30.—
V Triumviri mensarii, three commissioners to regulate money , Liv. 23, 21, 6; 24, 18, 12; 26, 36, 8.—
VI Triumviri nocturni, fire-wardens , Liv. 9, 46, 3; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; Dig. 1, 15, 1.—
VII Triumviri reipublicae constituendae; these were Antony, Octavianus, and Lepidus, appointed to regulate public affairs, Liv. Epit. 120; Suet. Aug. 96; id. Tib. 4; Flor. 4, 6.— In sing., Vell. 2, 88, 1; Suet. Aug. 9; 54; Gell. 3, 9, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 2.—
VIII Boards for recruiting troops : senatus triumviros binos creari jussit, Liv. 25, 5, 6.—
IX Triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persignandis, to collect and register votive offerings , etc., Liv. 25, 7, 5.—
X Triumviri reficiendis aedibus Fortunae et matris Matutae et Spei, for the restoration of temples , Liv. 25, 7, 6.—
XI The three chief magistrates of a municipality : Q. Manlius, qui tum erat IIIvir, Cic. Clu. 13, 38.