Definition of duovir, duumvir
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LEM
duovir, duovirī
(duūmvir, duūmvirī)
noun (m., 2nd -R declension)
  1. a board of two persons, an extraordinary criminal court
  2. a board of colonial magistrates
Abbreviations
duo virī, duovirī or II virī (less correctly duūmvirī) ōrum, m a board of two persons, an extraordinary criminal court, duumviri (selected by Tullus Hostilius to try Horatius), L.

— (by the people to try Manlius), L.

— (to try Rabirius), C.: sacrorum, keepers of the Sibylline books, L.: navales, to build and equip a fleet, L.: ad aedem faciendam, to build a temple, L.

—A board of colonial magistrates, Cs.

— Each of the duo viri is called II vir or duūmvir, L.
 
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