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Hillbilly, the word for seven in Latin, septem, is indeclinable, so you can't use sevi to say multiple sevens.
Breaking the Duck: Coming to Terms with Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Septem [4] is the name given by the natives to the fort at that point, since seven hills appear there; for "septem" has the force of
History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius
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(Collationes de septem donis Spiritus sancti), Lent of 1268;
Amputee 2009
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Shauna, it surprises me, too, especially since Pope Leo X bestowed the title "Defender of the Faith" on Henry in 1521 as a reward for a pamphlet Henry wrote against Luther, the "Declaration of the Seven Sacraments Against Martin Luther" Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum.
Henry VIII's Prayer Roll Julianne Douglas 2009
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See in Martial: “Naevia sex cyathis, septem Justina bibatur.” — “Six cups for Naevia, for Justina seven.”
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There was a similarly large celebration when Louis was born: "civitas Parisii in qua natus est, tanto gaudio fuit repleta, quod per septem dies … populus totius civitatis, laudes debitas solventes creatori suo, ducendo choreas canere non cessavit" (Delaborde, 1: 81 — 82).
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Ingenium sibi quod vanas desumpsit Athenas et septem studiis annos dedit, insenuitque.
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Philosophi saeculi veterem amorem novo, quasi clavum clavo repellere, quod et Assuero regi septem principes
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[1229] Tritemius in his book de septem secundis, assigns names to such angels as are governors of particular provinces, by what authority I know not, and gives them several jurisdictions.
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Dividitur nunc universa in septem potissimum partes sive regiones, quarum nomina sunt haec: Ægyptus, Barbaria,
strev commented on the word septem
The month before octob.
April 11, 2009