septimus Latin · revision 31023

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *septm-ó-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsɛp.tɪ.mʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsɛp.ti.mus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''septimus''' (feminine septima, neuter septimum); first/second-declension numeral^(Wiktionary)

+ An older spelling is ''septumus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*septmo-|t=seventh]], [[inh|ine-pro|*septm-ó-|t=seventh]], the ordinal of [[m|ine-pro|*septḿ̥|t=seven]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) the OLD analyses it as [[m|la|septem|t=seven]] and the suffix ⟨-imus⟩.^(OLD 2012) Cognate with [[sa|सप्तम|tr=saptamá-]] and [[cu|седмъ|tr=sedmŭ]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan gives Naevius as its first author.^(de Vaan 2008) Plautus has ''mense septumō'', “in the seventh month”, in the ''Amphitruo'', and a house “the seventh from the gate” in the ''Pseudolus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the ordinal “seventh”, and ''pars septima'' is a seventh part, as in the land surveyors.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a name, ''Septimus'' was a rare praenomen and a cognomen.^(Wiktionary)

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+ In medieval Latin ''septimus'' or ''septima'' was the seventh day after a death and the mass said for the dead on that day.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of the seventh month.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # [[m|en|seventh|alt=Seventh]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''pars septima'', a seventh part.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, noun)'' The seventh day after a death; the requiem mass of that day.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[septem]]

+ * [[September]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}