noun

quinquĕvir

gen. i · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

(.), , , usu. in plur.: , , vir

board of five; the quinquevirs; five commissioners

board of five, the quinquevirs, a board or commission of five men for any official function. Thus, five commissioners,

For the apportionment of lands, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 7: quinqueviros Pomptino agro… •

For the apportionment of lands, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 7: quinqueviros Pomptino agro dividendo creaverunt, Liv. 6, 21, 4.—

For regulating indebtedness (quinqueviri mensarii), Liv. 7, 21, 5.—

For repairing walls and towers, Liv. 25, 7, 5.—

As assistants to the tresviri for the watch by night, Liv. 39, 14; Dig. 1, 2,…

As assistants to the tresviri for the watch by night, Liv. 39, 14; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 31 al.—

a commission to control the public expenditures; a member of the board of five; a quinquevir •

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.

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