vigintivir

English

Etymology

From Latin vīgintivir.

Noun

vigintivir (plural vigintivirs or vigintiviri)

(historical) Any member of a group of twenty officials.

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

From vīgintī (“twenty”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯iːˈɡin.ti.u̯ir/, [u̯iːˈɡɪn̪t̪iu̯ɪr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈd͡ʒin.ti.vir/, [viˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ivir]

Noun

vīgintivir m (genitive vīgintivirī); second declension

(especially in plural) vigintivir

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vīgintivir	vīgintivirī
Genitive	vīgintivirī	vīgintivirōrum
Dative	vīgintivirō	vīgintivirīs
Accusative	vīgintivirum	vīgintivirōs
Ablative	vīgintivirō	vīgintivirīs
Vocative	vīgintivir	vīgintivirī

References

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

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