sexaginta

πολλὰ γάρ σε θεσπἰζονθ' ὁρῶ κοὐ ψευδόφημα (Sophocles' Oedipus Coloneus 1516f.) → For I see in you much prophecy, and nothing false

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sexāginta: num. adj. kindred with ἑξήκοντα.
I sixty: minae, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 32: anni, id. Most. 2, 2, 63: sexaginta annos natus, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 10: minorem annis sexaginta de ponte dejecerit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100 (v. sexagenarius fin.): major annis sexaginta, Liv. 49, 4; Mart. 7, 9, 1: ante annos quinque et sexaginta, quam, etc., Vell. 1, 6, 4: personae sexaginta quattuor, Dig. 38, 10, § 17 med.—*
II Transf., for an indefinitely large number: limina, Mart. 12, 26, 1.

sexāgintā,¹⁰ ind., soixante : Cic. Amer. 100 ; Liv. 44, 4, 10 || [fig.] nombre indéfini : Mart. 12, 26, 1.

sexāginta, Num. (εξήκοντα), I) sechzig, Cic. u.a.: maior sexaginta annis, über sechzig Jahre alt, Liv. – II) meton. = sehr viel, limina, Mart.: triumphi, Petron.

sexaginta sexagesimus -a -um, sexageni -ae -a, sexagie(n)s NUM :: sixty