triumvĭri | tresvĭri | IIIvĭri (noun M) : (also written , and ), , tres-vir
* Three men holding an office together or associated in public business, a board of three, three joint commissioners appointed for various purposes, a triumvirate. So
* Triumviri coloniae deducendae or agro dando, for leading out a colony and distributing the land among its members, Liv. 3, 1, 6; 4, 11, 5; 6, 21, 4; 8, 16, 14 al.—In sing.: nobilitas ... Gaium Gracchum ... triumvirum coloniis deducundis ferro necaverat,Sall. J. 42, 1: triumvir agrarius,Liv. 27, 21, 10; Cic. Brut. 20, 79.
* Triumviri capitales, superintendents of public prisons, who performed many of the duties of modern police magistrates, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; Cic. Or. 46, 156: carceris lautumiarum,Liv. 32, 26, 27; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30; Liv. 25, 1, 10; 39, 14, 10.—In sing., Val. Max. 5, 4, 7.
* Triumviri Epulones, v. epulo.
* Triumviri monetales, directors of the mint, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30.
* Triumviri mensarii, three commissioners to regulate money, Liv. 23, 21, 6; 24, 18, 12; 26, 36, 8.
* Triumviri nocturni, fire-wardens, Liv. 9, 46, 3; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; Dig. 1, 15, 1.
* Triumviri reipublicae constituendae; these were Antony, Octavianus, and Lepidus, appointed to regulate public affairs,Liv. Epit. 120; Suet. Aug. 96; id. Tib. 4; Flor. 4, 6.— In sing., Vell. 2, 88, 1; Suet. Aug. 9; 54; Gell. 3, 9, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 2.
* Boards for recruiting troops: senatus triumviros binos creari jussit,Liv. 25, 5, 6.
* Triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persignandis, to collect and register votive offerings, etc., Liv. 25, 7, 5.
* Triumviri reficiendis aedibus Fortunae et matris Matutae et Spei, for the restoration of temples, Liv. 25, 7, 6.
* The three chief magistrates of a municipality: Q. Manlius, qui tum erat IIIvir,Cic. Clu. 13, 38.