quinquāgēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [quinquageni].
I Consisting of fifty , containing fifty : grex equarum, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 11: dolium, Cato R. R. 69, 2: urna, id. ib. 10, 2: fistula, the plate of which , before being bent , was fifty inches in width , Vitr. 8, 7: quinquagenarius (homo), fifty years old , Quint. 9, 2, 85.—
II Subst.: quinquāgēnārĭi , among the Israelites, military officers commanding fifty men , captains over fifty , Hier. in Isa. 2, 3, 3; Vulg. Exod. 18, 21; id. Deut. 1, 15; id. 1 Reg. 1, 9 sq.