I.a college or bench of judges chosen annually for civil suits, especially those relating to inheritances; consisting of 105 (in the time of the emperors, of 180) persons, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; id. Caecin. 24, 67; Quint. 3, 10, 3; 4, 2, 5 Spald.; 4, 1, 57; 7, 4, 10; Suet. Aug. 36; id. Dom. 8; Plin. Ep. 6, 33 al.; cf. “Fest. s. v. centumviralia, pp. 54 and 64 Müll., and Dict. of Antiq.—Such a college at Perusia,” Inscr. Orell. 3719; “at Veii,” ib. 108; 3448; 3706 al.
centum -vĭri or centum vĭri , ōrum, m.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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