quinquevir

English

Etymology

From Latin quīnquevir.

Noun

quinquevir (plural quinquevirs or quinqueviri)

One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

From quīnque (“five”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷiːn.kʷe.u̯ir/, [ˈkʷiːŋkʷeu̯ɪr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwin.kwe.vir/, [ˈkwiŋkwevir]

Noun

quīnquevir m (genitive quīnquevirī); second declension

(especially in plural) quinquevir

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quīnquevir	quīnquevirī
Genitive	quīnquevirī	quīnquevirōrum
Dative	quīnquevirō	quīnquevirīs
Accusative	quīnquevirum	quīnquevirōs
Ablative	quīnquevirō	quīnquevirīs
Vocative	quīnquevir	quīnquevirī

References

“quinquevir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
quinquevir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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