Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Latin plural of
triumvir .
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- noun Plural form of
triumvir .
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Examples
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But his triumviri terrarum far beyond the rest, are
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Triumviri might be very well; Archie also had heard of triumviri; but two were company, and three were none.
The Claverings 2005
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The singular, _triumvir_, does not justify the plural _triumviri_, since the ordinary grammatical laws require _tres viri_.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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The care of the jails, up to the middle of the third century, was included among the duties of the triumviri capitales.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The supervision of the public prisons at Rome was entrusted to the triumviri capitales.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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"We have an order from the triumviri," began one officer.
A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903
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The consular _triumviri_, not perhaps quite independent of external influences, were originally adopted as a temporary expedient.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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_Ep_. lviii Promulgavit et aliam legem agrariam, qua sibi latius agrum patefaceret, ut iidem triumviri judicarent qua publicus ager, qua privatus esset.
A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885
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The aediles and triumviri capitales, responsible for the order of the city, could do nothing; the Senate had to commission the praetor urbanus to rid the people of these _religiones_.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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Triumviri might be very well; Archie also had heard of triumviri; but two were company, and three were none.
The Claverings Anthony Trollope 1848
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