| 释义 |
‖ cenˈtumvir Rom. Antiq.
pl. cenˈtumviri.
[L. centum hundred, viri men.]
(In pl.) A body of judges appointed by the prætor to decide common causes among the Roman people. They were elected out of the thirty-five tribes, three from each tribe, which made the number one hundred and five, though for the sake of conciseness called ‘the Hundred Men’, which name they retained even when increased under the emperors to 180.
1601B. Jonson Poetaster (T.) Thou art one of the centumviri, old boy, art not? |