decemvirum
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);
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Appio "en" inquit, "Quirites, illius Appi progenies, qui decemvirum in annum creatus altero anno se ipse creavit, tertio..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...parare Ap. Claudium ut comitiorum quae decemviris creandis decemvirum ipse habuerit sciat sibi rationem reddendam esse utrum..."