Crossword-Solution: CENTUMVIRI
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Centumviri | pl. | of Centumvir |
We have 1 clue for the answer “CENTUMVIRI”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ROMAN court of civil jurisdiction, ancient | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AERTE
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greedy person
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Sentences with CENTUMVIRI (5)
Three were chosen out of every tribe, and the tribes amounted to five and thirty, so that in fact 105 were chosen; but, for the sake of a round number, they were called CENTUMVIRI.
There were also officers called _centumviri_, to the number at first of 100, but afterwards of 180, who were chosen equally, from the 35 tribes, and together with the prætor constituted a court of justice.
The accusers indicted the woman, and dragged her to Rome, before the Centumviri.[28] Innocent as she was, dark suspicion weighed heavily against her, because she had become possessor of his property: her patrons stand[29] and boldly plead the cause of the guiltless woman.
This is appropriately introduced, as the hair of youths was allowed to grow long until they had reached the age of manhood, on which it was cut close, and consecrated to the Gods.] [Footnote III.28: _The Centumviri_)--Ver.
The “Centumviri” were a body of 105 officers, whose duty it was to assist the prætor in litigated questions.