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- Latin · borrowed fromquīndecimvir
- English todayquindecimvir
From Latin quīndecimvir, from quindecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
quindecimvir
Today it means: Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome. Full definition →
Latin quīndecimvir