septuaginta

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See also: Septuaginta and Septuagintą

Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
700
 ←  60  ←  69 LXX
70 		71  →  80  → [a], [b]
7
    Cardinal: septuāgintā
    Ordinal: septuāgēsimus
    Adverbial: septuāgiēs
    Distributive: septuāgēnus

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier *septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European *septm̥̄ḱomt, from earlier *septḿ̥-dḱomt (“seven-ten”). Cognate with septem and Ancient Greek ἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomḗkonta).

Pronunciation

Numeral

septuāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. seventy; 70

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References

  • “septuaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “septuaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • septuaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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