septem

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : septem     Ordinal : septimus     Adverbial : septiēs     Distributive : septēnī
Latin Wikipedia article on septem

Alternative forms

• Symbol: VII

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognates include Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptán), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (hepta), Old English seofon (English seven) and Old Church Slavonic седмь (sedmĭ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsep.tem/, [ˈsep.tẽ]

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Numeral

septem (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) seven; 7
   • ca. 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book V, lines 188-190

     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 gold"

   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Genesis 29:18

     quam 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."

Derived terms

september septemplex

septēnārius septuplus

Descendants

Aromanian: shapte Catalan: set Dalmatian: sapto French: sept Friulian: siet Galician: sete Italian: sette

Occitan: sèt Portuguese: sete Romanian: șapte Romansch: set, siat, seat Sardinian: sete, seti Spanish: siete

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals