vigintiviratus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vigintiviratus, vigintivirati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Classic
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
rank/office of a member of commission of twenty (municipal administrators);
nom. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...actus nobilissime consulatus, integerrime provincia administrata et repudiatus vigintiviratus, et civilibus bellis, quae in aetatem eius gravissima inciderunt..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ingressum iuventam commendavit patribus, utque munere capessendi vigintiviratus solveretur et quinquennio maturius quam per leges quaesturam peteret..."