adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
septuennis
septuennis (neuter septuenne)
Classical[sɛp.tuˈɛn.nɪs]Ecclesiastical[sep.tuˈɛn.nis]
Meaning
- two terminationseven-year-old
Postquam iam pueri septuennes sunt, pater oneravit navem magnam multis mercibus; imponit geminum alterum in navem pater, Tarentum avexit secum ad mercatum simul,
c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi prologus.0.24–28[Philoxenus] Alii, Lyde, nunc sunt mores. [Lydus] Id equidem ego certo scio. Nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens; at nunc, prius quam septuennis est, si attingas eum manu,
c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 3.3.33–37 - two terminationof six years, lasting six years
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | septuennis | septuennis | septuenne septenne |
| genitive | septuennis | septuennis | septuennis |
| dative | septuennī septennī | septuennī septennī | septuennī septennī |
| accusative | septuennem septennem | septuennem septennem | septuenne septenne |
| ablative | septuennī septennī | septuennī septennī | septuennī septennī |
| vocative | septuennis | septuennis | septuenne septenne |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | septuennēs septennēs | septuennēs septennēs | septuennia septennia |
| genitive | septuennium septennium | septuennium septennium | septuennium septennium |
| dative | septuennibus septennibus | septuennibus septennibus | septuennibus septennibus |
| accusative | septuennīs septuennēs, septennēs | septuennīs septuennēs, septennēs | septuennia septennia |
| ablative | septuennibus septennibus | septuennibus septennibus | septuennibus septennibus |
| vocative | septuennēs septennēs | septuennēs septennēs | septuennia septennia |
septŭennis (collat. form septennis, Capitol. M. Aurel. 21), e, adj. septem-annus,
I. of seven years, seven years old:
nunc priusquam septuennist (puer), Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 36; so, puer, id. Men. prol. 24; 5, 9, 57; id. Merc. 2, 2, 21; id. Poen. prol. 66; Prud. στεφ. 10, 656.Origins
From septem (“seven”) + annus + -is (forming compound adjectives).
In English words that came into English from septuennis
- septenniumseptennium
- septennialseptennis