duumviratus

Latin

Etymology

From duumvir +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [du.ʊm.wɪˈraː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪u.um.viˈraː.t̪us]

Noun

duumvirātus m (genitive duumvirātūs); fourth declension

1. duumvirate (rank or office of a duumvir)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	duumvirātus	duumvirātūs
genitive	duumvirātūs	duumvirātuum
dative	duumvirātuī	duumvirātibus
accusative	duumvirātum	duumvirātūs
ablative	duumvirātū	duumvirātibus
vocative	duumvirātus	duumvirātūs

Descendants

• Russian: дуумвират (duumvirat)

References

• “duumviratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “duumviratus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.