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dŭŏdĕcim ,
I.card. num. [duo-decem], twelve, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 10; Cic. Rep. 2, 17; Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 2 et saep.—So, duodecim (and more freq. XII.) Tabulae, the laws of the Twelve Tables, Cic. Off. 1, 12; Quint. 5, 14, 18; Varr. L. L. 5, § 22 Müll. et saep.; called also absol.: “duodecim (or XII.),” Cic. Leg. 2, 23 (repeatedly); id. Off. 3, 16 al. (v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. pp. 253-265).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.5.2
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 5.2
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.23
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.17
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.12
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 14.18
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