centumvir

== English == === Etymology === From Latin centumvir. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtʌm.və/ (US) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtʌm.vəɹ/ === Noun === centumvir (plural centumvirs or centumviri) (historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections. ==== Derived terms ==== centumviral ==== Related terms ==== decemvir triumvir == Latin == === Etymology === From centum (“hundred”) + vir (“man”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɛnˈtʊm.wɪr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃenˈtum.vir] === Noun === centumvir m (genitive centumvirī); second declension (especially in plural) centumvir ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r). ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: centumvir → Italian: centumviro → Portuguese: centúnviro → Spanish: centunviro === References === “centumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “centumvir”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin centumvir. === Noun === centumvir m (plural centumviri) centumvir ==== Declension ====