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Sēbinnus (Sēvīnus), i, m., a lake in Upper Italy, now Lago d’Iseo, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224; 3, 19, 23, § 131.

Sevĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sevius: pira, Sevian pears, a particular sort so called, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.

sēvir or sexvir (in inscrr., where this word most freq. occurs, commonly written with numerals, VI. vir, or ĪĪĪĪĪĪ. VIR), vĭri, m. [sex-vir], a member of a board or college consisting of six men, a sexvir.

  1. I. One of the presidents of the six divisions of Roman knights, Inscr. Orell. 732; 1172; 2242; 2258 al.
  2. II. Augustalis, a member of the college of priests dedicated to Augustus, Petr. 30, 2; Inscr. Orell. t. ii. p. 197 sq.; v. Augustalis.
  3. III. A member of a municipal directory of six men, Inscr. Grut. 418; 365, 3.

sēvĭrālis, e, adj. [sevir], of or belonging to a sexvir: ludi, of the equestrian sexvirs, Capitol. M. Aurel. 6: cena, of the Augustan sexvirs.
Hence, subst.: sēvĭrā-les, ium, the Augustan sexvirs: ORDO SEVIRALIVM, Inscr. Orell. 2229; Inscr. Murat. 1104, 7.

sēvĭrātus or sexvĭrātus, ūs, m. [sevir], the dignity of a sexvir, the sexvirate, Petr. 71, 12; Inscr. Grut. 400, 7; 150, 4.