decemviros

decemviros is a Latin form of decemviri, meaning “the decemvirs (board of ten men, esp. the lawgivers of 451 BC)”. It is the accusative plural masculine noun.

Found 41 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Republica 2.61: … et leges scriberent. Qui cum x tabulas summa legum aequitate prudentiaque conscripsissent, in annum posterum decemviros alios subrogaverunt, quorum non similiter fides nec iustitia laudata. Quo tamen e collegio laus est illa exim …

Livy, Ab urbe condita 7.18.7: decemuiros uel si quod tristius sit imperii nomen patiendum esse potius quam ambos patricios consules uideant nec in uicem pareatur atque imperetur sed pars altera in aeterno imperio locata plebem nusquam alio natam quam ad seruiendum putet.

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 10.3.17: … : Dixit a decemviris parum bene sibi cibaria curata esse. iussitlussit vestimenta detrahi atque flagro caedi. Decemviros Bruttiani verberavere, videre multi mortales. Quis hanc contumeliam, quis hoc imperium, quis hanc servitutem …

All forms of decemviri (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.