decemvir
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decemvir, decemviri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
decemvir, one of ten men; (commission of ten, board with consular powers);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...consilii inveniebant, cum Ap. Claudius, nepos eius qui decemvir legibus scribendis fuerat, minimus natu ex patrum concilio, dicitur..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iuxta manifesta atque atroci C. Iulius decemvir diem Sestio dixit et accusator ad populum exstitit, cuius rei iudex..."