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|lshtext=<b>septendĕcim</b>: (less correctly sep-temdĕcim;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. the [[letter]] M), num. adj. [[septem]] - [[decem]], seventeen: [[septendecim]] populi, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124; id. Phil. 5, 7, 19 (B. and K. XVII.); Liv. 38, 51; Tac. A. 13, 6 al.; so freq. in Liv., acc. to Prisc. p. 1170 P.; cf. Drak. on Liv. 29, 37, and 10, 12; [[yet]] in Liv., as [[well]] as in [[other]] authors, the MSS. [[have]] for the [[most]] [[part]] the numerals XVII. [[instead]] of the [[word]].—For [[septendecim]] we [[have]] [[septem]] [[decem]], Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 16 (B. and K. XVII.); Liv. 24, 49, 1; 25, 5, 8; 27, 11, 15: [[septem]] et [[decem]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89: [[decem]] et [[septem]], Liv. 28, 4, 6; 33, 21; 40, 40, 11; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2; Val. Max. 5, 6, 4; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 3: [[decem]] septemque, Nep. [[Cato]], 1, 2: [[decem]] [[septem]], Liv. 24, 15, 2, acc. to the [[best]] MSS.; cf. also Prisc. 1. 1.: SEPTEMQVE DECEMQVE, Inscr. Neap. 6587; C. I. L. 5, 958; acc. to [[Charis]]. p. 55 P., [[septendecim]] [[was]] in [[use]] [[only]] [[among]] the antiqui; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 151 sq.

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