triumvirate

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin triumvir(ātus) (“triumvirate”) + English -ate (suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks). Triumvirātus is derived from triumvir (“member of a triumvirate”) + -ātus (suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks, or groups of officials associated with such offices or ranks); and triumvir from trium (“of three”) (the genitive form of trēs (“three”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + vir (“adult male human, man”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”)). By surface analysis, triumvir +‎ -ate. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈʌmvəɹət/ Hyphenation: tri‧um‧vir‧ate === Noun === triumvirate (plural triumvirates) (Ancient Rome, government, historical) A council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri. (by extension) (government) Any group of three joint rulers. (figurative) Any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; also (rare), a group of three things; a trio. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trio ==== Coordinate terms ==== duumvirate (diumvirate, duovirate) · quattuorvirate (quadrumvirate, quartumvirate, quatrumvirate) · quinquevirate · sextumvirate (sexvirate) · septemvirate · octovirate (uncommon) · novemvirate (uncommon) · decemvirate · undecimvirate (uncommon) · duodecimvirate (uncommon) · quindecimvirate (uncommon) · vigintivirate · centumvirate · quingentumvirate (obsolete, rare) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Thesaurus:government === References === === Further reading === triumvirate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia triumvirate (Ancient Rome) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia