viris

viris is a Latin form of vir, meaning “man; husband; hero”. It is the dative plural masculine noun or ablative plural masculine noun or dative plural neuter noun.

Found 745 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.33.4: pugnatumque ab hostibus ita acriter est ut a viris fortibus in extrema spe salutis iniquo loco contra eos qui ex vallo turribusque tela iacerent pugnari debuit, cum in una virtute omnis spes consisteret.

Suetonius, Divus Julius 1.3: satis constat Sullam, cum deprecantibus amicissimis et ornatissimis uiris aliquamdiu denegasset atque illi pertinaciter contenderent, expugnatum tandem proclamasse siue diuinitus siue …

Terence, Hecyra 2.1.202: Viris esse adversas aeque studium est; similis pertinacia est;

All forms of vir (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.