seni
ὁ νόμος βούλεται μὲν εὑεργετεῖν βίον ἀνθρώπων (Democritus) → Law is meant to benefit human life
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sēni: ae, a (
I gen. plur. senūm, Cic. Verr. 2, 49, 122; Caes. B. C. 2, 15), num. distrib. sex.
I Lit., six each: cum in sex partes divisus exercitus Romanus senis horis in orbem succederet proelio, Liv. 6, 4: senos viros singuli currus vehebant, Curt. 8, 14, 3: ut tribuni militum seni deni (by many written in one word, senideni) in quattuor legiones crearentur, Liv. 9, 30; so, sena dena (or senadena) stipendia, Tac. A. 1, 36 fin.: senūm pedum crassitudo, Caes. B. C. 2, 15; cf.: pueri annorum senūm septenūmque denūm, sixteen and seventeen years old, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122.—
II Transf., for sex, six: tradiderat natalibus actis Bis puerum senis, past his twelfth birthday, Ov. M. 8, 243: sena vellera, id. ib. 12, 429: pedes, i. e. hexameter, Hor. S. 1, 10, 59: ictus (of the senarius), id. A. P. 253: latitudo ejus ne minus pedum senūm denūm (or senumdenum), Vitr. 6, 9.
