triumvir

American  

[trahy-uhm-ver] / traɪˈʌm vər /

noun

plural

triumvirs, triumviri

1. Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function.

2. one of three persons associated in any office or position of authority.

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triumvir British  

/ traɪˈʌmvə /

noun

1. (esp in ancient Rome) a member of a triumvirate

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Other Word Forms

• triumviral adjective

Etymology

Origin of triumvir

1570–80; < Latin: literally, one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men

Example Sentences

A true Southerner by birth . . . a veritable triumvir among the Tarheels .

From Time Magazine Archive

Crassus, the famous financier, triumvir with Caesar and Pompey.

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

He could not remember the name of the third triumvir, and it troubled him greatly.

From E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life by Roe, Mary A.

M. Antonius, son of the orator and father of the triumvir, was entrusted by the Senate with the task of clearing the seas from the corsairs.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Falsely relying on the nuptial bond “With Rome's triumvir, falls: all vain her threats, “That Tiber should subservient bend to Nile.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.