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septendĕcim (less correctly sep-temdĕcim ;
I.v. the letter M), num. adj. septem - decem, seventeen: “septendecim populi,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124; id. Phil. 5, 7, 19 (B. and K. XVII.); Liv. 38, 51; Tac. A. 13, 6 al.; so freq. in Liv., acc. to Prisc. p. 1170 P.; cf. Drak. on Liv. 29, 37, and 10, 12; “yet in Liv., as well as in other authors, the MSS. have for the most part the numerals XVII. instead of the word.—For septendecim we have septem decem,” Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 16 (B. and K. XVII.); Liv. 24, 49, 1; 25, 5, 8; 27, 11, 15: “septem et decem,” Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89: “decem et septem,” Liv. 28, 4, 6; 33, 21; 40, 40, 11; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2; Val. Max. 5, 6, 4; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 3: “decem septemque,” Nep. Cato, 1, 2: “decem septem,” Liv. 24, 15, 2, acc. to the best MSS.; cf. also Prisc. 1. 1.: “SEPTEMQVE DECEMQVE,” Inscr. Neap. 6587; C. I. L. 5, 958; acc. to Charis. p. 55 P., septendecim was in use only among the antiqui; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 151 sq.
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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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.124
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.7.16
    • Cicero, Philippics, 5.7.19
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 4.2
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.6
    • Cornelius Nepos, Cato, 1.2
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 2.17.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 29, 37
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 11.15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 4.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 51
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 40.11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 49
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 21
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 5.6.4
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