duumviratus

Latin

Etymology

From duumvir +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /du.um.u̯iˈraː.tus/, [d̪uʊmu̯ɪˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.um.viˈra.tus/, [d̪uːmviˈräːt̪us]

Noun

duumvirātus m (genitive duumvirātūs); fourth declension

1. duumvirate (rank or office of a duumvir)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	duumvirātus	duumvirātūs
genitive	duumvirātūs	duumvirātuum
dative	duumvirātuī	duumvirātibus
accusative	duumvirātum	duumvirātūs
ablative	duumvirātū	duumvirātibus
vocative	duumvirātus	duumvirātūs

Descendants

• Russian: дуумвират (duumvirat)

References

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