Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

duovir: Difference between revisions

From LSJ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
(D_3)
(3_5)
Line 4: Line 4:
{{Gaffiot
{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dŭŏvir</b>, <b>dŭŏvĭrālis</b>, c. [[duumvir]], [[duumviralis]] : CIL.
|gf=<b>dŭŏvir</b>, <b>dŭŏvĭrālis</b>, c. [[duumvir]], [[duumviralis]] : CIL.
}}
{{Georges
|georg=duovir, s. [[duûmvir]].
}}
}}

Revision as of 09:22, 15 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dŭŏvir: vĭri, and usu. plur. dŭŏvĭri (less correctly dŭumvĭri, Zumpt, Gram. § 124; Krebs, Antibarb. p. 391; in MSS. and Inscr. usu. II. vir, II. viri;
I but, DVOVIRES, Inscr. Orell. 3808: DVOVIRI, ib. 3886,
v. infra), ōrum, m. du + vir, a Roman board or court consisting of two persons.
I 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.—
II 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.—
III 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. —
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.—
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).—
VIIS EXTRA URBEM PURGANDIS, officers who had the charge of the streets of the suburbs of Rome, Tab. Heracl. 1, 50 ed. Göttling.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dŭŏvir, dŭŏvĭrālis, c. duumvir, duumviralis : CIL.

Latin > German (Georges)

duovir, s. duûmvir.