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duumvir

/doo-uhm-ver, dyoo-/US // duˈʌm vər, dyu- //UK // (djuːˈʌmvə) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural du·um·virs, du·um·vi·ri [doo-uhm-vuh-rahy]. /duˈʌm vəˌraɪ/. Roman History.

    • : one of two officers or magistrates jointly exercising the same public function.

Examples

  • Probably a consular personage, a duumvir, since lictors lead the line.

  • The elder, Rufus, was duumvir for the fourth term in 3-2 B.C.

  • He was, with Csar, the year after, one of the judges (duumvir perduellionis) in the trial of C. Rabirius.

  • The name of Privatus appears twice with seal, under that of each duumvir.

  • This is generally interpreted as meaning that Apuleius himself had become duumvir.