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quinquĕvir (V .), i, m., usu. in plur.: quinquĕ-vĭri , ōrum, m. vir,
I.board of five, the quinquevirs, a board or commission of five men for any official function. Thus, five commissioners,
1. For the apportionment of lands, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 7: “quinqueviros Pomptino agro dividendo creaverunt,” Liv. 6, 21, 4.—
2. For regulating indebtedness (quinqueviri mensarii), Liv. 7, 21, 5.—
3. For repairing walls and towers, Liv. 25, 7, 5.—
4. As assistants to the tresviri for the watch by night, Liv. 39, 14; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 31 al.—
5. Under the emperors, a commission to control the public expenditures: “collegium quinquevirorum publicis sumptibus minuendis,” Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 9.— In sing., a member of the board of five, a quinquevir: “quinquevir,” Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136: “scriba ex quinqueviro,” Hor. S. 2, 5, 56.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.7.7
    • Horace, Satires, 2.5.56
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 2.1.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 21.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 21
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 14
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