Latin

Alternative forms

• Symbol: VII

Numeral

septem ‎(indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) seven; 7
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.188–190

     at Nileus, qui se genitum septemplice Nilo ementitus erat, clipeo quoque flumina septem argento partim, partim caelaverat auro

     But Nileus, who falsely claimed he was born of the seven-fold Nile, had upon [his] shield the seven streams, part in silver and part engraved in gold

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.29.18

     quam diligens Iacob ait serviam tibi pro Rahel filia tua minore septem annis

     And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Aragonese: siet, siete
• Aromanian: shapti, shapte
• Asturian: siete
• Catalan: set
• Corsican: setti
• Dalmatian: sapto
• Emilian: sêt
• Franco-Provençal: sèt
• Friulian: siet
• Istriot: siete
• Istro-Romanian: şåpte
• Italian: sette
• Ladin: set
• Occitan: sèt
• Old French: set
  • Middle French: sept
    • French: sept
    • Norman: sept, saept
  • Walloon: set
• Old Portuguese: sete
  • Portuguese: sete
  • Galician: sete
• Romanian: șapte
• Romansch: set, siat, seat
• Sardinian: sete, seti
• Sicilian: setti, sietti
• Spanish: siete
• Venetian: sete

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

• septem in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• septem in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “septem”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Solon, one of the seven sages: Solo, unus de septem (illis)