septemvir
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Etymology
Origin of septemvir
1750–60; singular of Latin septemvirī, equivalent to septem seven + virī, plural of vir man
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Do we not know then, O Pansa, over what places the authority of Lenti Caesennius, as a septemvir, prevails at present?
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Among the interesting acquaintances which he formed at Augsburg, were two brothers, John and Paul Hainzel, the one a septemvir, and the other the consul or burgomaster.
From The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Brewster, David, Sir
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