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quattuorviri

quattuorviri is the plural of quattuorvir.

Meaning of quattuorvir

Noun

quattuorvir (plural quattuorvirs or quattuorviri)

  1. (historical) A member of a quattuorvirate; one of four people associated in some office.
    • The quattuorviri probably took up office on January 1st 44 B.C., although some authorities believe this event took place in October 45 B.C.1983, Lesław Morawiecki, “Issues struck during [Julius] Caesar’s lifetime”, in Political Propaganda in the Coinage of the Late Roman Republic (44-43 B.C.), Lviv: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich...

Origin of quattuorviri

Learned borrowing from Latin quattuorvirī.

Questions about quattuorviri

What is quattuorviri the plural of?
Quattuorviri is the plural of quattuorvir.

Words near quattuorviri in the dictionary

  1. quattuorvigintillion
  2. quattuorvir
  3. quattuorviral
  4. quattuorvirate
  5. quattuorvirates
  6. quattuorviri
  7. quattuorvirs
  8. quatuor
  9. quatuors
  10. quatuorvir
  11. quatuorvirate

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