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quindécemvir — [ k(ɥ)ɛ̃desɛmvir ] n. m. • quindecimvir 1762; lat. quindecimviri « les quinze hommes » ♦ Hist. rom. Chacun des magistrats (quinze à l origine) préposés à la garde des livres sibyllins et à l organisation de certains sacrifices ou jeux. On dit… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Quindecemvir — Quin de*cem vir, n.; pl. E. {Quindecemvirs}, L. {Quindecemviri}. [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quindecemvir — noun One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books … Wiktionary
quindecemvir — |kwin+ noun Etymology: Latin quindecimvir, from quindecim fifteen + vir man more at virile : one of a commission, council, or ruling body of 15; specifically : a member of a college of priests in ancient Rome having charge of the sibylline books … Useful english dictionary
quindécimvir — quindécemvir [ k(ɥ)ɛ̃desɛmvir ] n. m. • quindecimvir 1762; lat. quindecimviri « les quinze hommes » ♦ Hist. rom. Chacun des magistrats (quinze à l origine) préposés à la garde des livres sibyllins et à l organisation de certains sacrifices ou… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Quindecemviri — Quindecemvir Quin de*cem vir, n.; pl. E. {Quindecemvirs}, L. {Quindecemviri}. [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quindecemvirs — Quindecemvir Quin de*cem vir, n.; pl. E. {Quindecemvirs}, L. {Quindecemviri}. [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quindécemvirat — [kwɛ̃desɛmviʀa] n. m. ÉTYM. 1875, in P. Larousse, quindecimvirat; bas lat. quindecimviratus, de quindecimvir. → Quindécemvir. ❖ ♦ Antiq. rom. Dignité de quindécemvir; sa durée … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lucius Aurelius Cotta — Lucius Aurelius Cotta, when praetor in 70 BC brought in a law for the reform of the jury lists, by which the judices were to be eligible, not from the senators exclusively as limited by Sulla, but from senators, equites and tribuni aerarii .One… … Wikipedia
College — Collège Collège de Keighley, West Yorkshire, Royaume Uni Un collège peut désigner un groupe de personnes partageant une même caractéristique ou un établissement d enseignement. Sommaire 1 O … Wikipédia en Français
