quattuordecim

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

quattŭordĕcim (quat-), num. adj. [quattuor-decem],

I fourteen : partes, Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58: sedere in quattuordecim (sc. ordinibus), to sit on the fourteen equestrian seats in the theatre , i. e. to be a knight , Suet. Caes. 39; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Sen. Ep. 44. —

2 With ordinibus expressed, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32. — In reverse order: decem quattuor (only in connection with larger numbers), censa ducenta decem quattuor milia hominum, Liv. 29, 37, 6; 28, 38, 5; 34, 10, 4; 34, 52, 7; cf. tredecim.

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