septem

• Symbol: VII

From Proto-Italic *septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Cognates include Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptán), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá), Old English seofon (English seven) and Old Church Slavonic седмь (sedmĭ).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.tem/, [ˈs̠ɛpt̪ɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.tem/, [ˈsɛpt̪em]

septem (indeclinable)

1. 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.

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

• “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
• septem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Solon, one of the seven sages: Solo, unus de septem (illis)