quinqueviratus

Latin

Alternative forms

• V virātus, V. virātus, V.virātus (abbreviations with numeral)

Etymology

quīnquevir +‎ -ātus (abstract noun)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːn.kʷe.u̯iˈraː.tus/, [kʷiːŋkʷeu̯ɪˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwin.kwe.viˈra.tus/, [kwiŋkweviˈräːt̪us]

Noun

quīnquevirātus m (genitive quīnquevirātūs); fourth declension

1. quinquevirate (office or dignity of a quinquevir, membership in a commission of five)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?)

see De Provinciis Consularibus Oratio 41.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	quīnquevirātus	quīnquevirātūs
genitive	quīnquevirātūs	quīnquevirātuum
dative	quīnquevirātuī	quīnquevirātibus
accusative	quīnquevirātum	quīnquevirātūs
ablative	quīnquevirātū	quīnquevirātibus
vocative	quīnquevirātus	quīnquevirātūs

Descendants

• English: quinquevirate

References

• “quinquĕvĭrātus (V.)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quīnquevirātus or V viratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quinquĕvĭrātŭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,302/3.
• “quinqueuirātus” on page 1,557/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)