duumvir

[ doo-uhm-ver, dyoo- ]

noun

, Roman History.

, plural du·um·virs, du·um·vi·ri [doo-, uhm, -v, uh, -rahy].

1. one of two officers or magistrates jointly exercising the same public function.

duumvir

/ djuːˈʌmvə /

noun

1. Roman history one of two coequal magistrates or officers
2. either of two men who exercise a joint authority

Word History and Origins

Origin of duumvir¹

1590–1600; < Latin, back formation from duumvirōrum, genitive plural of duovirī two men, equivalent to duo- duo- + virī, plural of vir man, cognate with Old English wer ( werewolf )

Word History and Origins

Origin of duumvir¹

C16: from Latin, from duo two + vir man

Example Sentences

Probably a consular personage, a duumvir, since lictors lead the line.

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The elder, Rufus, was duumvir for the fourth term in 3-2 B.C.

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He was, with Csar, the year after, one of the judges (duumvir perduellionis) in the trial of C. Rabirius.

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The name of Privatus appears twice with seal, under that of each duumvir.

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This is generally interpreted as meaning that Apuleius himself had become duumvir.

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