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LEM

decemvir, decemvirī

(Xvir, Xvirī)

noun (m., 2^nd -R declension)

[plural] a commission of ten men, college of ten magistrates, decemvirs
[plural] The composers of the Twelve Tables (chosen B.C. 451)
[plural] A tribunal for deciding causes involving liberty or citizenship, called decem viri stlitibus iudicandis
[plural] A commission for distributing public lands
[plural] A college of priests in charge of the Sibylline books
A member of a commission, tribunal or college of ten men

Abbreviations

decem virī or decemvirī (xvirī) ūm or (in L.) ōrum, m I. Plur, a commission of ten men, college of ten magistrates, decemviri, decemvirs.

— 1. The composers of the Twelve Tables (chosen B.C. 451): ut xviri maximā potestate sine provocatione crearentur.

—2. A tribunal for deciding causes involving liberty or citizenship, called decem viri stlitibus iudicandis.

—3. A commission for distributing public lands: legibus agrariis curatores constituti sunt ... xviri: decemviros agro Samniti creare, L.

—4. A college of priests in charge of the Sibylline books: decemviri sacrorum, L.: sacris faciundis, L.

—II. Sing: decemvir or xvir, a member of a decemviral college: ut is xvir sit: Iulius decemvir, L.