LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeral

septendecim

septendecim (indeclinable)
Classical[sɛpˈtɛn.dɛ.kĩː]Ecclesiastical[sepˈtɛn.de.t͡ʃim]
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Meaning

  1. indeclinableseventeen; 17
    tribuni plebis, si iis uideretur, ad populum ferrent ut, qui minores septendecim annis sacramento dixissent, iis perinde stipendia procederent ac si septendecim annorum aut maiores milites facti essent.The tribunes of the plebs might, if they thought good, make a proposal to the people that those who had taken the military oath when under seventeen years of age should have their pay reckoned to them on the same scale as if they had been enlisted at seventeen, or older.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 25
    Respondimus universum numerum tam sanorum quam aegrotorum esse ad unum et quinquaginta homines, ex quibus aegroti erant septendecim.We answered, “We were in all (sick and whole) one–and–fifty persons, whereof our sick were seventeen.”1624, Francis Bacon, Nova Atlantis:

septendĕcim (less correctly sep-temdĕcim;
I. v. the letter M), num. adj. septem - decem, seventeen: septendecim populi, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124; id. Phil. 5, 7, 19 (B. and K. XVII.); Liv. 38, 51; Tac. A. 13, 6 al.; so freq. in Liv., acc. to Prisc. p. 1170 P.; cf. Drak. on Liv. 29, 37, and 10, 12; yet in Liv., as well as in other authors, the MSS. have for the most part the numerals XVII. instead of the word.—For septendecim we have septem decem, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 16 (B. and K. XVII.); Liv. 24, 49, 1; 25, 5, 8; 27, 11, 15: septem et decem, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89: decem et septem, Liv. 28, 4, 6; 33, 21; 40, 40, 11; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2; Val. Max. 5, 6, 4; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 3: decem septemque, Nep. Cato, 1, 2: decem septem, Liv. 24, 15, 2, acc. to the best MSS.; cf. also Prisc. 1. 1.: SEPTEMQVE DECEMQVE, Inscr. Neap. 6587; C. I. L. 5, 958; acc. to Charis. p. 55 P., septendecim was in use only among the antiqui; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 151 sq.

Origins

From septem (“seven”) + decem (“ten”).

In English words that came into English from septendecim

  • septendecillionseptendecim
  • septendecimalseptendecim
  • septendecennialseptendecim

Quick answers

What does septendecim mean in Latin?
septendecim, a numeral, means “seventeen; 17”.
How do you pronounce septendecim?
In classical Latin, [sɛpˈtɛn.dɛ.kĩː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sepˈtɛn.de.t͡ʃim].
Which English words come from septendecim?
English words that go back to Latin septendecim include septendecillion, septendecimal and septendecennial.