||Tri*um"vir (?), n.; pl. L.
Triumviri (#), E. Triumvirs (#). [L.,
fr. res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See
Three, and Virile.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of tree men
united in public office or authority.
&fist; In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly
exercised sovereign power. Julius Cæsar, Crassus, and Pompey were the
first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second
and last.
||Tri*um"vir (?), n.; pl. L.
Triumviri (#), E. Triumvirs (#). [L.,
fr. res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See
Three, and Virile.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of tree men
united in public office or authority.
&fist; In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly
exercised sovereign power. Julius Cæsar, Crassus, and Pompey were the
first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second
and last.
