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Definition of Duumvir
1. n. One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.
Definition of Duumvir
1. Noun. One of two persons jointly exercising the same office in Republican Rome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duumvir
1. a magistrate of ancient Rome [n -VIRS or -VIRI]
Medical Definition of Duumvir
1. Origin: L, fr. Duo two + vir man. One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duumvir
Literary usage of Duumvir
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Roman System of Provincial Administration to the Accession of by William Thomas Arnold (1879)
"In the municipal laws the commencement of a clause often runs, 'Let the duumvir
or the prefect' do this or that. These prefects had the regular authority of ..."
2. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Family Coins Belonging to His by Algernon Percy Northumberland, William Henry Smyth (1856)
"L. Caninius Agrippa, who was duumvir of Corinth, struck a complimentary middle-brass
coin in honour of the Roman Empire, of which Augustus had then become ..."
3. An Universal, Historical, Geographical, Chronological and Poetical ...by Louis Moréri, Pierre Bayle, Michel-Antoine Baudrand, Pierre Danet by Louis Moréri, Pierre Bayle, Michel-Antoine Baudrand, Pierre Danet (1703)
"... (Marcus) MF duumvir, built a Temple in the Herb-Market, to make good his
Fathers Vow, when he routed К. Ая- ..."
4. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1809)
"All this grave preface is meant to assign a reason in nature for the unaccountable
behaviour of duumvir, the husband and keeper. Ten thousand follies had ..."
5. The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical and Critical by Lionel Thomas Berguer (1823)
"duumvir has passed the noon of life; but cannot withdraw from those ... For which
end duumvir is provided with a haughty, imperious, expensive, ..."
6. Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace (1881)
"Quintus Arrius, the duumvir, hath a better sound than Quintus Arrius, the tribune."
In such manner they showered him with congratulations. ..."
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