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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>septem</b>:<br /><b>I</b> num. adj. indecl. [Sanscr. saptan; Gr. [[ἑπτά]]; Goth. sibun; Germ. sieben; Engl. [[seven]], [[seven]]: [[septem]] menses sunt, [[quom]], etc., Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 39: [[septem]] milia, id. Mil. 1, 1, 46: dis, quibus [[septem]] placuere colles, Hor. C. S. 7: [[septem]] et [[decem]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89: [[decem]] et [[septem]], Liv. 33, 21, 8; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2: [[decem]] septemque, Nep. [[Cato]], 1, 2: [[decem]] [[septem]], Liv. 24, 15, 2 Weissenb.; cf. Prisc. p. 1170 P.; v. also [[septendecim]]: [[septem]] et [[viginti]] [[minae]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 94: [[septem]] et [[triginta]] annos, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 17; Liv. 1, 21 fin.: [[sex]] aut [[septem]] loca, Lucr. 4, 577; also [[unconnected]]: illum his mensibus Sex [[septem]] non vidisse proximis, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 40; so, [[sex]] [[septem]], Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 58.—With numerals: VI. VII. diebus, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 6 Orell. N. cr.: [[septem]] [[miracula]], the [[seven]] wonders of the [[world]], Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30; Val. Max. 4, 6, 1 ext.; so, [[septem]] mira, Lact. 3, 24, 2: [[septem]] spectacula, Vitr. 2, 8, 11; cf. Gell. 10, 18, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> As subst., the [[seven]] sages of [[Greece]]: eos [[vero]] [[septem]], quos [[Graeci]] sapientes nominaverunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12; id. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; id. Lael. 2, 7; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137; id. Fin. 2, 3, 7; id. Off. 3, 4, 16: qui ([[Bias]]) [[sapiens]] [[habitus]] est [[unus]] e [[septem]], id. Lael. 16, 59: [[Thales]], qui sapientissimus in [[septem]] fuit, id. Leg. 2, 11, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Septem Aquae, a [[lake]] in the Reatine [[territory]], Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Septem Stellae, for [[septentriones]], the [[seven]]-stars, the Pleiades, Sen. [[Troad]]. 443.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Septem [[Maria]], the lagunes at the [[mouth]] of the Po, [[where]] Venice [[was]] [[afterwards]] founded, Plin. 3, 15, 16, § 119; Tac. H. 3, 9.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) [[septem]],⁹ ind. ([[ἑπτά]]), sept : [[septem]] et [[triginta]] Cic. Rep. 2, 17, trente-sept ; [[viginti]] et [[septem]] Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 123, vingt-sept &#124;&#124; [[unus]] e [[septem]] Cic. Læl. 59, un des sept sages [de la Grèce] ; sapientissimus in [[septem]] Cic. Leg. 2, 26, le [[plus]] sage parmi les sept, cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 12 ; etc. &#124;&#124; [[septem]] stellæ Sen. Troad. 439 = [[septentriones]].
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{{Georges
|georg=septem, Num. (altind. saptá, griech. επτά, gotisch u. ahd. sibun), [[sieben]], I) im allg.: s. [[milia]], Plaut.: s. et [[decem]], Plaut. u. Cic., od. [[decem]] et s., Liv., od. [[decem]] septemque, Nep.: od. [[septem]] [[decem]] od. [[decem]] [[septem]], Liv. (vgl. Prisc. 18, 172 [u. [[dazu]] Hertz S. 286, 22]. Fabri u. [[Müller]] Liv. 24, 15, 2. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> 2, 287): s. et [[viginti]], s. et [[triginta]], Cic.: s. et [[septuaginta]], Nep.: [[septem]] [[miracula]], die [[sieben]] [[Wunder]] (Wunderwerke) der [[Welt]], Plin. 36, 30. Val. Max. 4, 6. ext. 1: [[dies]]. [[septem]] mira, Lact. 3, 24, 2, od. [[septem]] spectacula, Vitr. 2, 8, 11, od. [[septem]] omnium terrarum spectacula, Gell. 10, 18, 4. – II) insbes.: A) [[septem]] (οἱ επτά), die [[sieben]] Weisen Griechenlands (vgl. Cic. de or. 3, 137), Cic. Tusc. 5, 7; de amic. 7 u. 59. – B) [[septem]] stellae = septemtriones, das [[Gestirn]] [[des]] großen Bären, das [[Siebengestirn]], Acc. tr. 566. Sen. Troad. 443 (448). – C) Septem aquae, die [[Vereinigung]] [[sehr]] wasserreicher Bäche in der reizenden Berggegend [[von]] [[Reate]] (j. Rieti), j. der [[See]] Sta. Susanna, Cic. ad Att. 4, 15, 5.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=septem septimus -a -um, septeni -ae -a, septie(n)s NUM :: seven
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