septuagies

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Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  60 LXX
70
80  → [a], [b]
7[a], [b]
    Cardinal: septuāgintā
    Ordinal: septuāgēsimus
    Adverbial: septuāgiēs
    Proportional: septuāgecuplus
    Distributive: septuāgēnus

Alternative forms

Etymology

septuāg(intā) +‎ -iēs

Adverb

septuāgiēs (not comparable)

  1. seventy times

References

  • septuagies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • septuagies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.