noun

dŭŏvir

gen. dŭovĭri · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

and usu. plur. (less correctly , , Gram. § 124; Krebs, Antibarb. p. 391; in MSS. and Inscr. usu. II. vir, II. viri

a Roman board; court consisting of two persons •

but, DVOVIRES, Inscr. Orell. 3808: DVOVIRI, ib. 3886, v. infra), ōrum, m. du + vir, a Roman board or court consisting of two persons.

an extraordinary criminal court; the duumviri •

Perduellionis, an extraordinary criminal court, the duumviri, anciently selected by the kings or the people for each case as it arose; so in the trial of Horatius, Liv. 1, 26; of M. Manlius, id. 6, 20; of C. Rabirius, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; v. Mommsen, Hist. 1, 204.—

the keepers of the Sibylline books

Sacrorum, the keepers of the Sibylline books, Liv. 3, 10, 7; 5, 13, 6; cf. Dion. Hal. 4, 62 (afterwards decemviri and quindecimviri were elected for this purpose; cf. Liv. 22, 10, 9; Lact. 1, 6, 13); v. Mommsen, Hist. 1, 240.—

an extraordinary board created for the purpose of equipping fleets

Navales, an extraordinary board created for the purpose of equipping fleets, Liv. 9, 30, 4; id. 40, 18, 8; id. 41, 1, 2 sq.; v. Mommsen, Hist. 1, 531; 4, 136. —

for building; dedicating a temple •

Ad aedem faciendam (dedicandam, locandam), the duumviri for building or dedicating a temple, Liv. 7, 28, 5; id. 22, 33, 8.—In the sing.: duumvir, Liv. 2, 42, 5; id. 35, 41, 8; 40, 34, 5 sq.—

The highest board; of magistrates in the •

The highest board of magistrates in the municipia and colonies, Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93; Caes. B. C. 1, 23; id. ib. 1, 30; Inscr. Orell. 2540: QVINQVENNALES, ib. 3882 sq.: IVRI DICVNDO, ib. 3805 sq.—In the sing.: DVOVIR, ib. 3813 sq.; 4982; also ib. 3886 (Momms. 1956).—

officers who had the charge of the streets of the suburbs of Rome

VIIS EXTRA URBEM PURGANDIS, officers who had the charge of the streets of the suburbs of Rome, Tab. Heracl. 1, 50 ed. Göttling.

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