duumvir
/doo-uhm-ver, dyoo-/US // duˈʌm vər, dyu- //UK // (djuːˈʌmvə) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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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.
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