septēnus

Meaning

1. in pluralnumeralseven each
   tum in serias singulas quae sint amphorum septenum, addito medicaminis pondo unciam et scripula octo1955 translation by E. S. Forster, Edward H. Heffner Then into each vessel, which should contain seven amphorae, put an ounce and eight scripula of the preparation4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 12.28.1.7
2. numeralpoeticseven, sevenfold
   an iuga Pannoniae mutatoresque domorum / Sauromatas quaties? an te septenus habebit / Hister et umbroso circumflua coniuge Peuce? 2015 translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey89 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 5.2.136
   Fit fluvius pereunte lacu: tum redditur alveo Pristina riparum conclusis fluctibus obex, Donec dividuum spargens per devia finem1997 translation by George W. Shea As the lake it formed disappears, it becomes once more a river. Then the ancient barrier of its banks is restored to its channel, and its waves are confined, until finally its divided mouth is scattered over distant wastes as it runs in seven streams to the open sea.c. 490 CE – 517 CE, Avitus Viennensis, Poematum de Mosaicae historiae gestis 1.281

Declension

Origins

Probably from earlier *septemsnos, equivalent to septem + -nus.

In English words that came into English from septēnus

• septenaryseptēnārius
• septenateseptēnātus
• septenarseptēnārius
• septenariusseptēnārius

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