triumvir
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)
- One member of a triumvirate
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
triumvir m (plural triumvirs)
Further reading[edit]
- “triumvir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From trium (“of three”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈum.u̯ir/, [t̪riˈʊmu̯ɪr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈum.vir/, [t̪riˈumvir]
Noun[edit]
triumvir m (genitive triumvirī); second declension
- triumvir, whether (formally) a member of an official three-man commission or (informal) a member of a three-man junta or other group.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | triumvir | triumvirī |
| Genitive | triumvirī | triumvirōrum |
| Dative | triumvirō | triumvirīs |
| Accusative | triumvirum | triumvirōs |
| Ablative | triumvirō | triumvirīs |
| Vocative | triumvir | triumvirī |
Hyponyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin triumvir or French triumvir.
Noun[edit]
triumvir m (plural triumviri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of triumvir
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) triumvir | triumvirul | (niște) triumviri | triumvirii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) triumvir | triumvirului | (unor) triumviri | triumvirilor |
| vocative | triumvirule | triumvirilor | ||
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