centumvir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

/sɛnˈtʌm.və/ /sɛnˈtʌm.vəɹ/

centumvir centumvirs centumviri

From Latin centumvir.

decemvir triumvir

centumviral

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary