decem virī or decemvirī (xvirī) ūm or (in L.) ōrum, m
I.I. Plur, a commission of ten men, college
of ten magistrates, decemviri, decemvirs.—
1.1. The composers of the Twelve Tables (chosen B.C. 451):
ut xviri maximā potestate sine provocatione crearentur.—
2.2. A tribunal for deciding causes involving liberty or
citizenship, called decem viri stlitibus iudicandis.—
3.3. A commission for distributing public lands: legibus agrariis curatores constituti sunt ... xviri: decemviros agro
Samniti creare, L.—