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septĭmānus

on the seventh day

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What it meant

1. septimanus — de Vaan

septimanus 'on the seventh day' (Varro+); septingentT '700' (P1.+), September, -bris [adj.] 'of the seventh month' (Afran.+), septentriones [m.pl.] 'Ursa Maior; the north' (P1.+), septentrionalis 'northern* (Varro*), septunx, -urieis 'seven-twelfths' (¥311*0+), septem [adj.pl.] 'seven apiece' (P1.+); septuaginta 'seventy' (Varro+), septuennis 'seven years old' (P1-+). Pit. *septm, *septmo-. PIE *septm 'seven', … — [de Vaan, s.v. septimanus, p. 569]

2. septĭmānus — Lewis & Short

septĭmānus, a, um, adj.septem.

I Of or belonging to the number seven: Nonae, falling on the seventh day of the month (in March, May, July, and October; opp. quintanae, which fell upon the fifth day), Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 14; Censor. de Die Nat. 20: feturae, born in the seventh month, Arn. 3, 105.—

II Subst.

A septĭmāni, ōrum, m., soldiers of the seventh legion, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36; Tac. H. 3, 25.—

B septĭmāna, ae, f., late Lat. for hebdomas, a week, Cod. Th. 15, 5, 5: die septimanarum, the Jewish feast of weeks, Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 31.—Hence, septĭmā-nărĭi, = hebdomadarii, Reg. Bened. 35.

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