Noun: duumvir
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | duumvir |
| Plural | duumvirī |
Genitive
| Singular | duumvirī |
| Plural | duumvirōrum |
Dative
| Singular | duumvirō |
| Plural | duumvirīs |
Accusative
| Singular | duumvirum |
| Plural | duumvirōs |
Ablative
| Singular | duumvirō |
| Plural | duumvirīs |
Vocative
| Singular | duumvir |
| Plural | duumvirī |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like duumvir
sexvir,
quīnquevir,
congener,
contiger,
dapifer,
aquilifer,
septemvir,
vīgintisexvir,
presbyter,
duumvir,
salūtiger,
rangifer,
noctifer,
cōnsocer,
novemvir,
signifer,
scutifer,
duodecimvir,
sēmivir,
crucifer, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
By surface analysis, duum (“of two”) + vir (“man”). The term was probably rebracketed from an earlier genitival syntagma, e.g., duum virum officium/honōs (“the office of duumvirs” → “duumvirs”). Compare duovir and triumvir.
Verbs referencing "duumvir"
English Nouns
duumvir, French Nouns
duumvir, Romanian Nouns
duumvir.
Translations