septemvir

English

Etymology

From Latin septemvir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛpˈtɛmvə(ɹ)/, /sɛpˈtɛmvɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

septemvir (plural septemvirs or septemviri)

1. (Ancient Rome) A member of a septemvirate; one of seven people associated in some office.

Related terms

• septemviral
• septemvirate

References

• “septemvir”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Noun

septemvir m (plural septemvirs)

1. septemvir

Latin

Etymology

From septem (“seven”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sepˈtem.u̯ir/, [s̠ɛpˈt̪ɛmu̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sepˈtem.vir/, [sepˈt̪ɛmvir]

Noun

septemvir m (genitive septemvirī); second declension

1. septemvir

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	septemvir	septemvirī
genitive	septemvirī	septemvirōrum
dative	septemvirō	septemvirīs
accusative	septemvirum	septemvirōs
ablative	septemvirō	septemvirīs
vocative	septemvir	septemvirī

References

• “septemvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “septemvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• septemvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septemvir.

Noun

septemvir m (plural septemviri)

1. septemvir

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	septemvir	septemvirul		septemviri	septemvirii
genitive-dative	septemvir	septemvirului		septemviri	septemvirilor
vocative	septemvirule			septemvirilor