septemviri
septem-vĭri, ōrum (-virūm, Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 14), m. [vir], a board or college of seven men, the septemvirs.
- I Of the epulones (v. epulo, 2.), Tac. A. 3, 64; sing. septemvir, Luc. 1, 602; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 12; Inscr. Orell. 2365.—
- II For dividing lands, Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 21; 6, 5, 14; sing., id. ib. 5, 12, 33; id. Att. 15, 19, 2.
Septemviris. Annal. Bonincont. ad ann. 1363. apud Murator. tom. 21. Script. Ital. col. 12 :
Septemviri creati, quos reipublicæ Romanæ reformatores appellarunt, quibus publico consilio permissum est, ut se pro senatu gererent.
septem-virī see septemvir.