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duumvir

[ doo-uhm-ver, dyoo- ]

noun

Roman History.
plural duumvirs, duumviri
  1. one of two officers or magistrates jointly exercising the same public function.


duumvir

/ »åÂá³ÜËˈʌ³¾±¹É™ /

noun

  1. Roman history one of two coequal magistrates or officers
  2. either of two men who exercise a joint authority
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of duumvir1

1590–1600; < Latin, back formation from »å³Ü³Ü³¾±¹¾±°ùÅ°ù³Ü³¾, genitive plural of »å³Ü´Ç±¹¾±°ùÄ« two men, equivalent to duo- duo- + ±¹¾±°ùÄ«, plural of vir man, cognate with Old English wer ( werewolf )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of duumvir1

C16: from Latin, from duo two + vir man
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The central temple is believed to be that of Piety, built by M. Acilius Glabrio, the duumvir, in B.C.

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On the hillside stood a Temple of Mars, vowed in the Gallic war, and dedicated by T. Quinctius the "duumvir sacris faciundis," in B.C.

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But in return for its liabilities, the position of a duumvir gave undoubted power and distinction.

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They announce that a duumvir or aedile or flamen will exhibit twenty or thirty pairs of combatants on the calends of May or the ides of April.

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In such a case the presiding duumvir was to nominate the required number, they in turn an equal number, and the combined nominees had to designate a third set equal in number to themselves.

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