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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>sexāgēnārĭus</b>: a, um, adj. [[sexageni]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., of or containing [[sixty]]: [[fistula]], a [[pipe]] [[sixty]] [[quarter]]-digits (quadrantes) in [[diameter]], Front. Aquaed. 54: PROCVRATIO, i. e. [[yielding]] [[sixty]] [[thousand]] sesterces, Inscr. Murat. 514, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., [[sixty]] years old, sexagenary; and subst., a [[man]] of [[sixty]], a sexagenarian: [[Cicero]] objurgantibus, [[quod]] [[sexagenarius]] Publiliam virginem duxisset, etc., Quint. 6, 3, 75; Suet. Claud. 23: (Hadrianus) obiit major sexagenario, Eutr. 8, 3, 8.—Men [[sixty]] years of [[age]] were no [[longer]] admitted to [[vote]] in the saepta, and, if [[they]] attempted to [[enter]], were [[thrust]] [[back]] from the [[bridge]] [[leading]] to [[them]]; [[whence]] arose the [[proverb]], Sexagenarios de ponte, Varr. ap. Non. 523, 21 sq.; Fest. p. 334 Müll.; cf.: [[depontani]]. (Many Romans, at an [[early]] [[period]], [[erroneously]] referred this [[expression]] to a [[religious]] [[usage]], and [[even]] to [[original]] [[human]] sacrifices; v. Fest. 1. 1., and Ov. F. 5, 621 sq.）—In a [[sarcastic]] equivoque, of [[actually]] flinging a [[man]] [[into]] the [[Tiber]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sexāgēnārĭus</b>,¹⁶ a, um ([[sexageni]]), qui contient soixante : sexagenaria [[fistula]] Frontin. Aqu. 54, tuyau qui a 60&nbsp;pouces de diamètre &#124;&#124; sexagénaire : Quint. 6, 3, 75 ; [[major]] sexagenario Eutr. 8, 3, 8, qui a [[plus]] de soixante ans ; sexagenarii de ponte Varr. d. Non. 523, 21 ; Fest. 334, 16, sexagénaires qui ne votent [[plus]], cf. [[pons]] &#124;&#124; de soixante [[mille]] : sexagenario [[procuratio]] Cod. Just. 10, 9, 1, emploi payé 60&nbsp;000&nbsp;sesterces.
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{{Georges
|georg=sexāgēnārius, a, um ([[sexageni]]), [[sechzig]] enthaltend, a) v. Lebl.: [[fistula]], aus [[einer]] 60zölligen [[Platte]], eine sechziger [[Röhre]], Frontin. aqu. 54: [[procuratio]], 60000 Sesterze [[Gehalt]] eintragende, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 1532: [[fructus]], sechzigfache, Cypr. de hab. virg. 21. – b) v. Pers., [[sechzigjährig]], Quint. u.a.: [[vidua]], [[Hieron]].: [[sexagenarius]] aetate, Aur. Vict.: [[maior]] sexagenario, Eutr. – subst., sexāgēnāriī, ōrum, m., α) [[sechzig]] Jahre [[alte]] [[Leute]], Sechziger, im Sprichw., sexagenarios de ponte, [[herunter]] [[von]] der [[Brücke]] (in den [[Komitien]]) [[mit]] den Sechzigern, viell. [[für]]: das [[Alter]] [[verdient]] [[wenig]] [[Beachtung]], -hat keine [[Stimme]], [[Varro]] [[bei]] Non. 523, 21. [[Fest]]. 334 (a), 16. Vgl. Marquardt, Römische [[Staatsverwaltung]]<sup>2</sup> Bd. 3. S. 193. Anmerk. 5. Osenbr. Einl. zu Cic. Rosc. Am. S. 45 ff. Zells Ferienschr. 2. S. 17 ff. – β) [[Beamte]] ([[bes]]. [[einige]] Klassen der Prokuratoren), die 60000 Sesterze [[Gehalt]] [[haben]], Cod. Iust. 10, 19, 1. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 1624. Vgl. Hirschfeld Röm. Verwaltungsgesch. 1, 261 ff.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=sexagenarius sexagenaria, sexagenarium ADJ :: containing sixty; sixty years old
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