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sēscentī (sexcentī） ae, a, adj. num.

sex+ centum, six hundred : Romuli aetatem minus his sescentis annis fuisse cernimus.—Often of an indefinite large number, a thousand, immense number, vast multitude, any amount : Sescentas scribito iam mihi dicas, T.: iam sescenti sunt, qui inter sicarios accusabant.—Plur n . as subst: sescenta praeterea, numberless other things .

Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.

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