单词 | duumvir |
释义 | duumvirn. In Roman History: One of the duumviri, the general name given to pairs of co-equal magistrates and functionaries in Rome and in her coloniæ and municipia. Hence, in modern use, one of two colleagues in authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > joint ruler > [noun] > one of specific number of quartermaster1541 duumvir1600 quarter-ruler1610 tetrarcha1661 decemvir1703 quadrumvir1790 pentarch1798 duarch1848 decarch1852 dodecarch1882 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. xxvi. 19 b The king [Tullus Iostilius]..assembled the people together and said: ‘I ordaine Duumvirs to sit upon Horatius..to judge him according to the law’. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The ancient Romans..had almost as many Duumvirs, as they had Officers joyn'd two by two in Commission. 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings (Bohn) II. 33 Here is a compact of iniquity between these two duumvirs [Wheler and Hastings]. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 312 (note) The two supreme magistrates in the municipia..whose office was analogous to that of the consuls at Rome, were called duumvirs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1600 |
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