quindecemvirn.

Brit.

/ˌkwɪndᵻˈsɛmvə/, U.S.

/ˌkwɪndəˈsɛmvər/

Inflections: Plural quindecemviri, quindecemvirs.

Forms: 1600s– quindecemvir, 1600s– quindecimvir Brit.

/kwɪndᵻˈsɪmvə/, U.S.

/ˌkwɪndəˈsɪmvər/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quīndecimvir.

Etymology: < classical Latin quīndecimvir (originally in plural quīndecimvirī ; in post-classical Latin also quindecemvir , e.g. in 16th-cent. editions of Pliny) < quīndecim fifteen ( < quīnque five (see quinque- comb. form) + decem ten (see decem- comb. form), with syncope of medial syllable) + vir man (see virile adj.).In plural form quindecimviri (see quot. 1956) after the Latin plural form.

Roman History.

A member of a group consisting of fifteen people (usually men); spec. one of the body of fifteen priests who had charge of the Sibylline books.

ΚΠ

1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. Chronol. 1344/1 In this Consuls yeere, was the Quinquennale solemnitie performed..: and Agrippa one of the Quindecemvirs, had the ordering and setting out thereof.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 373 A book of the Sybils, which Gallus the Quindecemvir would have received among the rest of the prophecies.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxviii. 70 Fifteen keepers of the Sybilline books (their name of Quindecemvirs was derived from their number).

1845 J. J. Anderson Anc. Hist. 310 The pontiffs, augurs, septemvirs, and quindecemvirs, were called ‘the four Colleges of Priests’.

1911 W. Warde Fowler Relig. Experience Rom. People 433 He had long been a member of the pontifical college, as well as augur and quindecemvir.

1956 A. D. Nock in Cambr. Anc. Hist. XII. xii. 411 Such [foreign] cults were set under the care of the quindecimviri or commission for foreign worships.

1984 Classical Q. New Ser. 34 437 A proposal by a quindecemvir to recognize the authenticity of another book of oracles was made.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quindecemvir
释义	quindecemvirn. Brit. /ˌkwɪndᵻˈsɛmvə/, U.S. /ˌkwɪndəˈsɛmvər/ Inflections: Plural quindecemviri, quindecemvirs. Forms: 1600s– quindecemvir, 1600s– quindecimvir Brit. /kwɪndᵻˈsɪmvə/, U.S. /ˌkwɪndəˈsɪmvər/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quīndecimvir. Etymology: < classical Latin quīndecimvir (originally in plural quīndecimvirī ; in post-classical Latin also quindecemvir , e.g. in 16th-cent. editions of Pliny) < quīndecim fifteen ( < quīnque five (see quinque- comb. form) + decem ten (see decem- comb. form), with syncope of medial syllable) + vir man (see virile adj.).In plural form quindecimviri (see quot. 1956) after the Latin plural form. Roman History. A member of a group consisting of fifteen people (usually men); spec. one of the body of fifteen priests who had charge of the Sibylline books. ΚΠ 1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. Chronol. 1344/1 In this Consuls yeere, was the Quinquennale solemnitie performed..: and Agrippa one of the Quindecemvirs, had the ordering and setting out thereof. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 373 A book of the Sybils, which Gallus the Quindecemvir would have received among the rest of the prophecies. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxviii. 70 Fifteen keepers of the Sybilline books (their name of Quindecemvirs was derived from their number). 1845 J. J. Anderson Anc. Hist. 310 The pontiffs, augurs, septemvirs, and quindecemvirs, were called ‘the four Colleges of Priests’. 1911 W. Warde Fowler Relig. Experience Rom. People 433 He had long been a member of the pontifical college, as well as augur and quindecemvir. 1956 A. D. Nock in Cambr. Anc. Hist. XII. xii. 411 Such [foreign] cults were set under the care of the quindecimviri or commission for foreign worships. 1984 Classical Q. New Ser. 34 437 A proposal by a quindecemvir to recognize the authenticity of another book of oracles was made. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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