numeral
septem
septem (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈsɛp.tẽː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛp.tem]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- indeclinableseven; 7
at Nileus, qui se genitum septemplice Nilo ementitus erat, clipeo quoque flumina septem argento partim, partim caelaverat auro
But Nileus, who falsely claimed he was born of the seven-fold Nile, had upon [his] shield the seven streams, part in silver and part engraved in gold8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 5.188–190quam diligens Iacob ait serviam tibi pro Rahel filia tua minore septem annis
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Genesis.29.18
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- Solo, unus de septem (illis)
- Solon, one of the seven sages.
septem,
I. num. adj. indecl. [Sanscr. saptan; Gr. ἑπτά; Goth. sibun; Germ. sieben; Engl. seven], seven: septem menses sunt, quom, etc., Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 39:
septem milia, id. Mil. 1, 1, 46: dis, quibus septem placuere colles, Hor. C. S. 7: septem et decem, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89: decem et septem, Liv. 33, 21, 8; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2: decem septemque, Nep. Cato, 1, 2: decem septem, Liv. 24, 15, 2 Weissenb.; cf. Prisc. p. 1170 P.; v. also septendecim: septem et viginti minae, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 94: septem et triginta annos, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 17; Liv. 1, 21 fin.: sex aut septem loca, Lucr. 4, 577; also unconnected: illum his mensibus Sex septem non vidisse proximis, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 40; so, sex septem, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 58.—With numerals: VI. VII. diebus, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 6 Orell. N. cr.: septem miracula, the seven wonders of the world, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30; Val. Max. 4, 6, 1 ext.; so, septem mira, Lact. 3, 24, 2: septem spectacula, Vitr. 2, 8, 11; cf. Gell. 10, 18, 4.—II. In partic.
A. As subst., the seven sages of Greece:
eos vero septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12; id. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; id. Lael. 2, 7; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137; id. Fin. 2, 3, 7; id. Off. 3, 4, 16: qui (Bias) sapiens habitus est unus e septem, id. Lael. 16, 59: Thales, qui sapientissimus in septem fuit, id. Leg. 2, 11, 26.—B. Septem Aquae, a lake in the Reatine territory, Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5.—
C. Septem Stellae, for septentriones, the seven-stars, the Pleiades, Sen. Troad. 443.—
D. Septem Maria, the lagunes at the mouth of the Po, where Venice was afterwards founded, Plin. 3, 15, 16, § 119; Tac. H. 3, 9.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
septem or VII num adj. indecl.
cf. ἑπτά, Germ. sieben, seven : praetores: colles, H.: decem et septem, L.: decem septemque, N.: viginti et septem tabulae: his mensibus sex septem proximis, T.: VI, VII diebus.—As subst, the seven sages, wise men of Greece : eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt: Thales, qui sapientissimus in septem fuit.
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Italic *septəm. Cognates include Sanskrit सप्त (saptá), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá), Old English seofon (English seven) and Old Church Slavonic седмь (sedmĭ).
Occitano-Romance
- Catalanset
- Occitansèt
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesesetefrom Old Galician-Portuguese sete
- Spanishsiete
- Aragonesesiet
- Aragonesesiete
- Aragoneseset
- Asturiansiete
- Mirandesesiete
- Kadiwéuseetefrom Old Galician-Portuguese sete
- Macanesesétifrom Old Galician-Portuguese sete
- Galiciansetefrom Old Galician-Portuguese sete
Insular Romance
- Sardiniansete
- Sardinianseti
Balkan Romance
- Romanianșapte
- Aromanianshapti
- Aromanianshapte
- Istro-Romanianșåpte
- Megleno-Romanianșapti
Italo-Romance
- Italiansette
- Corsicansette
- Corsicansetti
- Dalmatiansapto
- Galluresesetti
- Neapolitansette
- Sassaresesetti
- Siciliansetti
- Siciliansietti
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchseptfrom Old French set
- Franco-Provençalsèpt
- Normanseptfrom Old French set
- Normansaeptfrom Old French set
- Walloonsetfrom Old French set
North Italian
- Emiliansèt
- Emiliansêt
- Friuliansiet
- Istriotsiete
- Ladinset
- Romanshset
- Romanshsiat
- Romanshseat
- Venetansete
In English words that came into English from septem
- SeptemberSeptember
- septetseptem
- septupleseptuplus
- septenaryseptēnārius
- septenniumseptennium
- septicseptem
- septuplinervedseptuplus
- septennialseptennis
- septentrionalseptentriōnālis
- septuaryseptem
- septimoleseptem
- septuplexseptem
- septenateseptēnātus
- septenarseptēnārius
- septenariusseptēnārius
- septrionalseptem
- septiremeseptirēmis
- septemfluousseptemfluus