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|lshtext=<b>dŭŏvir</b>: vĭri, and usu. plur. dŭŏvĭri (less correctly dŭumvĭri, Zumpt, Gram. § 124; Krebs, Antibarb. p. 391; in MSS. and Inscr. usu. II. vir, II. viri;<br /><b>I</b> [[but]], DVOVIRES, Inscr. Orell. 3808: DVOVIRI, ib. 3886,<br /> v. [[infra]]), ōrum, m. du + vir, a Roman [[board]] or [[court]] consisting of [[two]] persons.<br /><b>I</b> Perduellionis, an [[extraordinary]] [[criminal]] [[court]], the [[duumviri]], [[anciently]] selected by the kings or the [[people]] for [[each]] [[case]] as it arose; so in the [[trial]] of [[Horatius]], Liv. 1, 26; of M. [[Manlius]], id. 6, 20; of C. [[Rabirius]], Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; v. Mommsen, Hist. 1, 204.—<br /><b>II</b> Sacrorum, the keepers of the Sibylline books, Liv. 3, 10, 7; 5, 13, 6; cf. [[Dion]]. Hal. 4, 62 ([[afterwards]] [[decemviri]] and quindecimviri were elected for this [[purpose]]; cf. Liv. 22, 10, 9; Lact. 1, 6, 13); v. Mommsen, Hist. 1, 240.—<br /><b>III</b> Navales, an [[extraordinary]] [[board]] created for the [[purpose]] of equipping fleets, Liv. 9, 30, 4; id. 40, 18, 8; id. 41, 1, 2 sq.; v. Mommsen, Hist. 1, 531; 4, 136. —<br /> Ad aedem faciendam (dedicandam, locandam), the [[duumviri]] for [[building]] or dedicating a [[temple]], Liv. 7, 28, 5; id. 22, 33, 8.—In the sing.: [[duumvir]], Liv. 2, 42, 5; id. 35, 41, 8; 40, 34, 5 sq.—<br /> The [[highest]] [[board]] of magistrates in the municipia and colonies, Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93; Caes. B. C. 1, 23; id. ib. 1, 30; Inscr. Orell. 2540: QVINQVENNALES, ib. 3882 sq.: IVRI DICVNDO, ib. 3805 sq.—In the sing.: DVOVIR, ib. 3813 sq.; 4982; also ib. 3886 (Momms. 1956).—<br /> VIIS EXTRA URBEM PURGANDIS, officers [[who]] had the [[charge]] of the streets of the suburbs of [[Rome]], Tab. Heracl. 1, 50 ed. Göttling.
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