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quā^drāgēni , ae, a (
I.gen. quadragenūm, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; Liv. 38, 38), num. distrib. adj. [quadraginta].
I. Forty each: “columnae singulae sestertiis quadragenis milibus locatae,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147; id. Att. 4, 18, 2: “octoginta confecit centurias, quadragenas seniorum et juniorum,” Liv. 1, 43: “pyramides complures quadragenarum ulnarum,” Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 87; Liv. 38, 38: “septuagies centeni quadrageni fiunt novem milia et octingenti,” forty each time, Col. 5, 2, 8.—Plur. fem. quadragenae (supply plagae), forty stripes, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 24. —
II. In gen., for quadraginta, forty: “centies vicies duceni quadrageni fiunt viginti octo millia et octingenti, i. e. 240X120 =28,800,” Col. 5, 2.
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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