Explore Triumvirs through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Triumvirs meaning
plural of triumvir
Using Triumvirs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of triumvir
- In the example corpus, triumvirs often appears in combinations such as: the triumvirs.
Context around Triumvirs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Triumvirs
- In this selection, "triumvirs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, decided, camp and rejected stand out and add context to how "triumvirs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include among the triumvirs were strained and by the triumvirs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "triumvirs" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with triumvirs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Louis XVI restored the Parlements and removed the triumvirs from their posts. (12 words)
This pressure forced the Triumvirs to meet with Sextus in early 39 BC. (13 words)
Relations among the Triumvirs were strained as the various members sought greater political power. (14 words)
In the resulting first battle of Philippi, Antony defeated Cassius and captured his camp while Brutus overran Octavian's troops and penetrated into the Triumvirs' camp but was unable to capture the sick Octavian. (34 words)
Scullard (1982), 164. Rewards for their arrest gave incentive for Romans to capture those proscribed, while the assets and properties of those arrested were seized by the triumvirs. (28 words)
Scott (1933), 20. Suetonius presented the case that Octavian, although reluctant at first to proscribe officials, nonetheless pursued his enemies with more rigor than the other triumvirs. (27 words)
Example sentences (11)
Before marching against Brutus and Cassius in the East, the Triumvirs decided to eliminate their enemies in Rome.
Eck, pg 18 However, the Triumvirs did not possess sufficient state-controlled land to allot to the veterans.
In the resulting first battle of Philippi, Antony defeated Cassius and captured his camp while Brutus overran Octavian's troops and penetrated into the Triumvirs' camp but was unable to capture the sick Octavian.
Louis XVI restored the Parlements and removed the triumvirs from their posts.
Lucius and Fulvia took a political and martial gamble in opposing Octavian, however, since the Roman army still depended on the triumvirs for their salaries.
Relations among the Triumvirs were strained as the various members sought greater political power.
Scott (1933), 20. Suetonius presented the case that Octavian, although reluctant at first to proscribe officials, nonetheless pursued his enemies with more rigor than the other triumvirs.
Scullard (1982), 164. Rewards for their arrest gave incentive for Romans to capture those proscribed, while the assets and properties of those arrested were seized by the triumvirs.
This pressure forced the Triumvirs to meet with Sextus in early 39 BC.
Though the Triumvirs rejected Sextus' initial request to replace Lepidus as the third man within the Triumvirate, they did grant other concessions.
While the Triumvirs commanded a larger number of infantry, the Liberators commanded a larger cavalry contingent.
Common combinations with triumvirs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: