septem

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Latin cardinal numbers

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

Alternative formsEdit

• Symbol: VII

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.tem/, [ˈsɛp.tẽ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.tem/

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NumeralEdit

septem (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) seven; 7
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.188–190

     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 CE, Jerome, 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 termsEdit

• september
• septemplex
• septēnārius

• septimānus
• septuplus

DescendantsEdit

• Aragonese: siet, siete
• Aromanian: shapti, shapte
• Asturian: siete
• Catalan: set
• Corsican: setti
• Dalmatian: sapto
• Emilian: sêt
• Franco-Provençal: sèt
• Friulian: siet
• Istriot: siete
• Istro-Romanian: şåpte
• Italian: sette
• Ladin: set
• Occitan: sèt
• Old French: set
  • Middle French: sept
    • French: sept
    • Norman: sept, saept
  • Walloon: set
• Old Portuguese: sete
  • Portuguese: sete
  • Galician: sete
• Romanian: șapte
• Romansch: set, siat, seat
• Sardinian: sete, seti
• Sicilian: setti, sietti
• Spanish: siete
• Venetian: sete

See alsoEdit

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

ReferencesEdit

• septem in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• septem in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “septem” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Solon, one of the seven sages: Solo, unus de septem (illis)