Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Duumviri

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

DUUM'VIRI. Two officers appointed to act together for various purposes; as,

1. Duumviri jure dicundo; two chief magistrates who administered the laws in provincial towns. Cic. Agr. ii. 34.

2. Duumviri perduellionis; two colleagues appointed to try persons accused of the murder of a Roman citizen. Liv. i. 26. Cic. Rabir. perd. 4.

3. Duumviri Navales; two colleagues appointed upon emergencies to superintend the equipment or repairs of a fleet. Liv. ix. 30.

4. Duumviri sacrorum; two colleagues appointed to take charge of the Sybilline books, a duty subsequently transferred to the decemvirs. Liv. iii. 10.