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quinquĕvir

quinquĕvir · m

board of five

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What it meant

quinquĕvir — Lewis & Short

quinquĕvir (V.), i, m., usu. in quinquĕ-vĭri, ōrum, m.vir,

plur.:

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.

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