numeral
sēdecim
sēdecim (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈseː.dɛ.kĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.de.t͡ʃim]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- indeclinablesixteen; 16
nunc sedecim alarum coniuncta signa pulsu sonituque et nube ipsa operient ac superfundent oblitos proeliorum equites equosque
Now the united standards of sixteen squadrons will bury and overwhelm with the crash and din and storm of their onset these horses and horsemen that have forgotten how to fight.c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Historiae 3.2hii filii Zelphae quam dedit Laban Liae filiae suae et hos genuit Iacob sedecim animas
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Genesis.46.18
sēdĕcim (also written sexdĕcim), num. adj. sex-decem,
I. sixteen, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 66; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 20; 4, 4, 26; Caes. B. G. 1, 8; Liv. 33, 3; 37, 40; Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103 al.:
sexdecim, Liv. 33, 30; Col. 2, 10 fin.; Nep. Att. 16, 3 (separately, decem et sex, Liv. 10, 31, 7; 37, 40 init.).Origins
From sex (“six”) + decem (“ten”).
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