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