duodecimvir

English

Alternative forms

• (misspelling): duodecemvir

Etymology

From Latin duodecimvir.

Noun

duodecimvir (plural duodecimvirs or duodecimviri)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of twelve officials.

Related terms

• duodecimvirate

Latin

Etymology

From duodecim (“twelve”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /du.o.deˈkim.u̯ir/, [d̪uɔd̪ɛˈkɪmu̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.deˈt͡ʃim.vir/, [d̪uod̪eˈt͡ʃimvir]

Noun

duodecimvir m (genitive duodecimvirī); second declension

1. (especially in plural) duodecimvir

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

	singular	plural
nominative	duodecimvir	duodecimvirī
genitive	duodecimvirī	duodecimvirōrum
dative	duodecimvirō	duodecimvirīs
accusative	duodecimvirum	duodecimvirōs
ablative	duodecimvirō	duodecimvirīs
vocative	duodecimvir	duodecimvirī

References

• “duodecimvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• duodecimvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.