decemvir 的定义
plural de·cem·virs, de·cem·vi·ri [dih-sem-vuh-rahy]. /dɪˈsɛm vəˌraɪ/.
- a member of a permanent board or a special commission of ten members in ancient Rome, especially the commission that drew up Rome's first code of law.
- a member of any council or ruling body of ten.
decemvir 近义词
等同于 ten
更多decemvir例句
- Whilst appearing to favour Pompey, it deprived him, on account of his absence, of the chance of being chosen decemvir.
- There was the keen, eagle face of the infamous Decemvir, the persecutor of Virginia—a villain, but a daring and imperious villain.
- The Decemvir generals tried to stop them, but they only answered, "We are men with swords in our hands."
- Claudius, the instrument of Appius the decemvir for entrapping Virginia.
- It is of no consequence who inhabits the palace—a king, a tribune, an emperor, or a decemvir.