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centenarius

centenarius · adj

consisting of a hundred

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centēnārĭus — Lewis & Short

centēnārĭus, a, um, adj.centeni,

I consisting of a hundred, relating to a hundred: numerus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 86 Müll., p. 26 Bip.: grex, id. R. R. 2, 4, 22; 3, 6, 6: pondera, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: ballistae, throwing stones weighing a hundred pounds, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 555, 25: fistula, of a hundred inches, Vitr. 8, 7; Front. Aquaed. 29; 62; Pall. Aug. 12: basilicae, a hundred feet long. Capitol. Gord. 32: rosae, i. e. hundred-leaved, Tert. Cor. Mil. 14: libertus, possessed of a hundred thousand sesterces, Dig. 37, 14, 16; cf. Just. Inst. 3, 8 2: cenae, of a hundred asses, Paul. ex Fest. p. 54 Müll.; cf. Tert. Apol. 7 (but in Ann. 2, p. 97 is to be read centimanos, acc. to Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 107). —
II Subst.: Centēnārĭi, ōrum, m., = centuriones, Veg. Mil. 2, 13.

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