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septēni , ae, a (
I.gen. plur. only septenūm, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122; Col. 12, 28, 1), num. distrib. adj. [septem].
II. Transf., for septem, seven: “dispar septenis fistula cannis,Ov. M. 2, 682: “fila lyrae,id. F. 5, 105: quā septenas temperat unda vias (the seven mouths of the Nile), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 16; cf. “in the foll.: homo crescit in longitudinem ad annos usque ter septenos,Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216: “bis septenos greges,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1850.—Sing., sevenfold (poet. and in postAug. prose): “gurgite septeno rapidus mare submovet amnis (Nilus),Luc. 8, 445: “gurges Nili,Claud. in Rufin. 1, 185: Ister (the seven-mouthed Danube), Stat. S. 5, 2, 136 (cf. septemplex): “non removeri septeno circuitu,Plin. 28, 16, 66, § 228.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.122
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.682
    • Plautus, Persa, 5.1
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.445
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 29
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 1850
    • Statius, Silvae, 5.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.3.10
    • Ovid, Fasti, 5
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