triumvir

English

Etymology

A Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈʌm.və/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈʌm.vəɹ/

Noun

triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)

  1. One member of a triumvirate

Translations
Translations

French

Noun

triumvir m (plural triumvirs)

  1. triumvir

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From trium (“of three”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

Noun

triumvir m (genitive triumvirī); second declension

  1. triumvir, whether (formally) a member of an official three-man commission or (informal) a member of a three-man junta or other group.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative triumvir triumvirī
Genitive triumvirī triumvirōrum
Dative triumvirō triumvirīs
Accusative triumvirum triumvirōs
Ablative triumvirō triumvirīs
Vocative triumvir triumvirī

Hyponyms

References
  • “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • triumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin triumvir or French triumvir.

Noun

triumvir m (plural triumviri)

  1. triumvir

Declension
Declension of triumvir
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) triumvir triumvirul (niște) triumviri triumvirii
genitive/dative (unui) triumvir triumvirului (unor) triumviri triumvirilor
vocative triumvirule triumvirilor
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