sexvir

English

Alternative forms

• sevir

Etymology

From Latin sexvir.

Noun

sexvir (plural sexvirs or sexviri)

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

Related terms

• sexvirate

Latin

Alternative forms

• sēvir

Etymology

From sex (“six”) +‎ vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsek.su̯ir/, [ˈs̠ɛks̠u̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈseks.vir/, [ˈsɛɡzvir]

Noun

sexvir m (genitive sexvirī); second declension

1. sexvir

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	sexvir	sexvirī
genitive	sexvirī	sexvirōrum
dative	sexvirō	sexvirīs
accusative	sexvirum	sexvirōs
ablative	sexvirō	sexvirīs
vocative	sexvir	sexvirī

References

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