quinqueviraten.adj.

Brit.

/kwɪŋˈkwɛvᵻrət/, U.S.

/kwɪŋˈkwɛvərət/,

/kwɪŋˈkwɛvəˌreɪt/

Forms: 1700s quinquinvirate, 1700s– quinquevirate.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin quīnquevirātus office of quinquevir < quīnquevir member of any of various official boards of five men (originally in plural quīnquevirī < quīnque five (see quinque- comb. form) + virī , plural of vir man: see virile adj.) + -ātus -ate suffix¹.Compare earlier quinquevirateship:1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques ix. 127 The fiue Magistrates of the Quinquevirateship, who haue power & authority in many matters of great importance,..haue the election of the hundred Magistrates of the Centumvirateship, being a Magistracie of most ample authoritie, in their hands.

Now rare.

An association, committee, etc., consisting of five people. Also attributive or as adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] > group of five > persons

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quinquevirate1710

1710 R. Harley Secr. Hist. Arlus & Odolphus 20 Odolphus..went himself Express with the News of his Defeat to the Quinquinvirate.

1724 Mr. M. in J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. 56 Fearing he should be one of the Quinquevirate, appointed by order of the Senate, to reduce the publick Expences.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 513 The quinquevirate-court for the reparation of injuries.

1800 G. Woodfall tr. L.-P. Anquetil Summary Universal Hist. IV. 370 It seems probable that the centumvirate discussed and proposed matters to the senate; and that the quinquevirate watched over all.

1885 Sat. Rev. 3 Jan. 1/1 When the Quinquevirate sat round that famous table.

1936 Classical Philol. 31 29 A quinquevirate appointed by the senate in 168 to settle a boundary dispute between Pisa and Luna.

1998 Nation (Thailand) (Nexis) 24 Aug. At the beginning of October this year, three generals of the Army's quinquevirate..will officially retire.

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

单词	quinquevirate
释义	quinqueviraten.adj. Brit. /kwɪŋˈkwɛvᵻrət/, U.S. /kwɪŋˈkwɛvərət/, /kwɪŋˈkwɛvəˌreɪt/ Forms: 1700s quinquinvirate, 1700s– quinquevirate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quīnquevirātus. Etymology: < classical Latin quīnquevirātus office of quinquevir < quīnquevir member of any of various official boards of five men (originally in plural quīnquevirī < quīnque five (see quinque- comb. form) + virī , plural of vir man: see virile adj.) + -ātus -ate suffix¹.Compare earlier quinquevirateship:1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques ix. 127 The fiue Magistrates of the Quinquevirateship, who haue power & authority in many matters of great importance,..haue the election of the hundred Magistrates of the Centumvirateship, being a Magistracie of most ample authoritie, in their hands. Now rare. An association, committee, etc., consisting of five people. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] > group of five > persons quint1678 quinquevirate1710 1710 R. Harley Secr. Hist. Arlus & Odolphus 20 Odolphus..went himself Express with the News of his Defeat to the Quinquinvirate. 1724 Mr. M. in J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. 56 Fearing he should be one of the Quinquevirate, appointed by order of the Senate, to reduce the publick Expences. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 513 The quinquevirate-court for the reparation of injuries. 1800 G. Woodfall tr. L.-P. Anquetil Summary Universal Hist. IV. 370 It seems probable that the centumvirate discussed and proposed matters to the senate; and that the quinquevirate watched over all. 1885 Sat. Rev. 3 Jan. 1/1 When the Quinquevirate sat round that famous table. 1936 Classical Philol. 31 29 A quinquevirate appointed by the senate in 168 to settle a boundary dispute between Pisa and Luna. 1998 Nation (Thailand) (Nexis) 24 Aug. At the beginning of October this year, three generals of the Army's quinquevirate..will officially retire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1710
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