quinqueviratus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === V virātus, V. virātus, V.virātus (abbreviations with numeral) === Etymology === From quīnquevir + -ātus (abstract noun). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷiːŋ.kʷɛ.wɪˈraː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷiŋ.kʷe.viˈraː.tus] === Noun === quīnquevirātus m (genitive quīnquevirātūs); fourth declension quinquevirate (office or dignity of a quinquevir, membership in a commission of five) ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: quinquevirate === References === “quinquĕvĭrātus (V.)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “quīnquevirātus or V viratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “quinquĕvĭrātŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,302/3. “quinqueuirātus” on page 1,557/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)