septemvir
From LSJ
αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
septemvir: v. septemviri.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
septemvĭr,¹⁴ ī, m.,
1 un septemvir : Cic. Att. 15, 19, 2 ; Phil. 5, 33, et pl. -vĭrī, um, septemvirs, commission de sept membres chargés du partage des terres : Cic. Phil. 5, 21 ; 6, 14
2 les septemvirs épulons, v. epulo : sing. septemvir epulonum Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 11, 12, un septemvir des épulons ; pl. septemviri seul Tac. Ann. 3, 64.
