septimus

See also: Septimus

Latin

Latin ordinal numbers

<  6th	7th	8th  >
Cardinal : septem     Ordinal : septimus     Adverbial : septiēs     Distributive : septēnī

Alternative forms

• 7mus

Etymology

From septem (“seven”).

Cognates include Old Church Slavonic седмъ (sedmŭ) (< *sebdmъ < *septmъ)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.ti.mus/, [ˈsɛp.tɪ.mʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.ti.mus/

Numeral

septimus m (feminine septima, neuter septimum); first/second declension

1. (ordinal) seventh

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	septimus	septima	septimum		septimī	septimae	septima
genitive	septimī	septimae	septimī		septimōrum	septimārum	septimōrum
dative	septimō		septimō		septimīs
accusative	septimum	septimam	septimum		septimōs	septimās	septima
ablative	septimō	septimā	septimō		septimīs
vocative	septime	septima	septimum		septimī	septimae	septima

Derived terms

• septimānus/ septimāna

Descendants

• English: septimate, septimation, septime
• French: septime
• Italian: settimo
• Portuguese: sétimo
• Spanish: séptimo, sétimo

References

• septimus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• septimus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• septimus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• septimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • consul for the sixth, seventh time: sextum (Pis. 9. 20), septimum consul