septem
LatinEdit
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Cardinal: septem Ordinal: septimus Adverbial: septiēs, septiēns Multiplier: septimplus, septemplus, septimplex, septemplex, septuplus, septuplex Distributive: septēnī Fractional: septāns |
Alternative formsEdit
- Symbol: VII
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *septem, 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/, [ˈs̠ɛpt̪ɛ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsep.tem/, [ˈsɛpt̪em]
Audio (Classical) (file)
NumeralEdit
septem (indeclinable)
- 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
- at Nileus, qui se genitum septemplice Nilo ementitus erat, clipeo quoque flumina septem argento partim, partim caelaverat auro
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DescendantsEdit
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “septem”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “septem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- septem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- 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)
- Solon, one of the seven sages: Solo, unus de septem (illis)