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Meaning of septenus | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B2
[sɛpˈteː.nʊs]

Definitions

  1. seven each
    declension-1, declension-2, in-plural, numeral
  2. seven, sevenfold
    declension-1, declension-2, numeral, poetic

Examples

“tum in serias singulas quae sint amphorum septenum, addito medicaminis pondo unciam et scripula octo”

1955 translation by E. S. Forster, Edward H. Heffner Then into each vessel, which should contain seven amphorae, put an ounce and eight scripula of the preparation

“an iuga Pannoniae mutatoresque domorum / Sauromatas quaties? an te septenus habebit / Hister et umbroso circumflua coniuge Peuce? 2015 translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey”
“Fit fluvius pereunte lacu: tum redditur alveo Pristina riparum conclusis fluctibus obex, Donec dividuum spargens per devia finem”

1997 translation by George W. Shea As the lake it formed disappears, it becomes once more a river. Then the ancient barrier of its banks is restored to its channel, and its waves are confined, until finally its divided mouth is scattered over distant wastes as it runs in seven streams to the open sea.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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