aliquot

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ălĭquŏt, indef. indecl. num. [alius-quot; cf. aliquis],

some , several , a few , not many (undefined in number; while nonnulli indicates an indeterminate selection from several persons, Caes. B. G. 3, 2; cf. Wolf ad Suet. Caes. 10): dies, Ter. And. 313; Vulg. Jud. 14, 8; ib. Act. 9, 19; 10, 48: liberae, Ter. And. 771: amici, id. Phorm. 312: saecula, Cic. Univ. 1: epistulae, Cic. Fam. 7, 18: aliquot abacorum, id. Verr. 4, 57: aliquot de causis, Caes. B. G. 3, 2 al.— Without subst.: aliquot me adierunt, Ter. And. 534: ex quā aliquot praetorio imperio redierunt, Cic. Pis. 38: ille non aliquot occiderit, multos ferro, etc., id. Sex. Rosc. 100.

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