quindecimvir

English

Alternative forms

• quindecemvir

Etymology

From Latin quīndecimvir, from quindecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”).

Noun

quindecimvir (plural quindecimvirs or quindecimviri)

1. (historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.

Coordinate terms

• triumvir, decemvir

Related terms

• quindecimviral
• quindecimvirate

 

Latin

Etymology

From quīndecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːn.deˈkim.u̯ir/, [kʷiːn̪d̪ɛˈkɪmu̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwin.deˈt͡ʃim.vir/, [kwin̪d̪eˈt͡ʃimvir]

Noun

quīndecimvir m (genitive quīndecimvirī); second declension

1. (especially in plural) quindecimvir

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	quīndecimvir	quīndecimvirī
genitive	quīndecimvirī	quīndecimvirōrum
dative	quīndecimvirō	quīndecimvirīs
accusative	quīndecimvirum	quīndecimvirōs
ablative	quīndecimvirō	quīndecimvirīs
vocative	quīndecimvir	quīndecimvirī

Derived terms

• quindecimviralis
• quindecimviratus

 

References

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