sēni
Meaning
- six each
sēni, ae, a (
I. Lit., six each:
cum in sex partes divisus exercitus Romanus senis horis in orbem succederet proelio, Liv. 6, 4: senos viros singuli currus vehebant, Curt. 8, 14, 3: ut tribuni militum seni deni (by many written in one word, senideni) in quattuor legiones crearentur, Liv. 9, 30; so, sena dena (or senadena) stipendia, Tac. A. 1, 36 fin.: senūm pedum crassitudo, Caes. B. C. 2, 15; cf.: pueri annorum senūm septenūmque denūm, sixteen and seventeen years old, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122.—II. Transf., for sex, six:
tradiderat natalibus actis Bis puerum senis, past his twelfth birthday, Ov. M. 8, 243: sena vellera, id. ib. 12, 429: pedes, i. e. hexameter, Hor. S. 1, 10, 59: ictus (of the senarius), id. A. P. 253: latitudo ejus ne minus pedum senūm denūm (or senumdenum), Vitr. 6, 9.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sēnī ae, a, gen. senūm, num distrib.
sex, six each : cum in sex partīs divisus exercitus Romanus senis horis in orbem succederet proelio, L.: nt tribuni militum seni deni in quattuor legiones crearentur, i. e. sixteen each , L.: senūm pedum crassitudo, Cs.: pueri annorum senūm septenūmque denūm, of sixteen and seventeen years.—Six (poet. for sex): tradiderat natalibus actis Bis puerum senis, past his twelfth birthday , O.: pedes, i. e. hexameter , H.: senos reddere ictūs (of the senarius), H.