septunx

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

septunx, uncis, m. [septem-uncia; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.].

I Lit., seven twelfths of a whole (v. as, 1.): jugeri, Col. 5, 1, 11; Liv. 5, 24, 4: auri, seven ounces , id. 23, 19, 16.—

II Transf., seven things of a kind , seven pieces , etc.; hence, in drinking, seven cups , Mart. 8, 51, 25; 3, 82, 29.

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