Lewis & Short

No entries found. Showing closest matches:

centumvir, v. centumviri.

centumvĭrālis, e, adj. [centumviri], of or pertaining to the centumviri: judicium, Cic. Caecin. 18, 53; id. de Or. 1, 39, 177; Quint. 11, 1, 78; Suet. Vesp. 10: causae, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173; Quint. 5, 2, 1 Spald.; Gell. 16, 10, 8: hasta, Suet. Aug. 36: lis, id. Rhet. 6.

centum -vĭri or centum vĭri, ōrum, m., a college or bench of judges chosen annually for civil suits, especially those relating to inheritances; consisting of 105 (in the time of the emperors, of 180) persons, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; id. Caecin. 24, 67; Quint. 3, 10, 3; 4, 2, 5 Spald.; 4, 1, 57; 7, 4, 10; Suet. Aug. 36; id. Dom. 8; Plin. Ep. 6, 33 al.; cf. Fest. s. v. centumviralia, pp. 54 and 64 Müll., and Dict. of Antiq.
Such a college at Perusia, Inscr. Orell. 3719; at Veii, ib. 108; 3448; 3706 al.