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|lshtext=<b>dĕcem-vĭri</b>: (in MSS. and old edd. [[often]] Xviri), um or ōrum (<br /><b>I</b> gen.-virum, Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 39; 2, 21, 56; id. Rep. 2, 36, 61; Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.; Liv. 27, 8; 40, 12: -virorum [[only]] in Liv., [[where]] it is [[very]] freq.), m. vir, a [[college]] or [[commission]] of [[ten]] men, the [[decemviri]] or decemvirs, Roman magistrates of [[various]] kinds.<br /><b>I</b> The [[most]] [[famous]] were called [[decemviri]] legibus scribundis, the composers of the Twelve Tables, [[who]] ruled [[alone]], and [[absolutely]], in the years of [[Rome]] 303 to 305 ([[legally]] [[only]] 303 and 304; [[hence]] "[[neque]] [[decemviralis]] [[potestas]] [[ultra]] [[biennium]]," Tac. A. 1, 1), Cic. Rep. 2, 36 sq.; Liv. 3, 32 sq.; Gell. 20, 1, 3.—In sing., Cic. Rep. 2, 36 fin.; Liv. 3, 33 fin.; 40; 46; 48 al. The fragments [[which]] [[remain]] of these laws form one of the [[most]] [[important]] monuments of the [[early]] Latin [[language]]; and [[have]] been [[critically]] edited by R. Schoell, Leips., 1866; cf. Momms. Rom. Hist. [[book]] 2, ch. 2; Lange, Röm. Alter. 1, 535 sqq.; Wordsworth, Fragm. p. 503 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Decemviri stlitibus (litibus) judicandis, a [[standing]] [[tribunal]] for deciding causes involving [[liberty]] or [[citizenship]], and [[which]] represented the [[praetor]], Cic. Or. 46, 156; Suet. Aug. 36; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 29; Corp. Inscr. Lat. 8, 38 (A. U. C. 615); cf. Cic. Caec. 33, 97. —In the sing., Inscr. Orell. no. 133 and 554. —<br /><b>III</b> Decemviri agris dividundis, a [[commission]] for distributing the [[public]] [[land]] to the [[people]], Cic. Agr. 1, 6 sq.; 2, 7 sq.; Liv. 31, 4 and 42; cf.: X. VIR. A. D. A. (i. e. [[decemviri]] agris dandis assignandis), Inscr. Orell. 544.—<br /> Decemviri sacris faciundis, a [[college]] of priests [[who]] preserved the Sibylline books, had [[charge]] of the Apollinaria, etc.; its [[number]] in the [[time]] of the emperors [[was]] increased to [[sixty]], Liv. 10, 8; 25, 12 al.—In sing., Inscr. Orell. 554.
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|gf=<b>dĕcemvĭrī</b>, ōrum et um, m., décemvirs [commission de dix magistrats nommée l’an 304 de Rome pour rédiger un code de lois, auteurs de la loi des Douze Tables] : Cic. Rep. 2, 61 &#124;&#124; [[decemviri]] stlitibus judicandis, magistrats qui connaissaient des questions de liberté et de droit de cité [[decemviri]] seul : Cic. Cæc. 97 ; Domo 78 ] : Cic. Or. 156 ; Suet. Aug. 36 &#124;&#124; toute commission de dix personnes nommée légalement : agris dividundis Cic. Agr. 1, 17 ; Liv. 31, 4, 1, décemvirs chargés d’un partage des terres ; [[sacris]] faciundis Liv. 25, 12, 11, décemvirs [collège de prêtres] chargés de garder les livres sibyllins, de les consulter et d’accomplir les sacrifices voulus.||[[decemviri]] stlitibus judicandis, magistrats qui connaissaient des questions de liberté et de droit de cité [[decemviri]] seul : Cic. Cæc. 97 ; Domo 78 ] : Cic. Or. 156 ; Suet. Aug. 36||toute commission de dix personnes nommée légalement : agris dividundis Cic. Agr. 1, 17 ; Liv. 31, 4, 1, décemvirs chargés d’un partage des terres ; [[sacris]] faciundis Liv. 25, 12, 11, décemvirs [collège de prêtres] chargés de garder les livres sibyllins, de les consulter et d’accomplir les sacrifices voulus.
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