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quinquagenarius

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(adjective) : quinquāgēnārĭus, a, um, quinquageni.
* Consisting of fifty, containing fifty: grex equarum,Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 11: dolium,Cato, R. R. 69, 2: urna,id. ib. 10, 2: fistula,the plate of which, before being bent, was fifty inches in width,Vitr. 8, 7: quinquagenarius (homo),fifty years old,Quint. 9, 2, 85.
* Subst.: quinquāgēnārĭi, among the Israelites, military officers commanding fifty men, captains over fifty, Hier. in Isa. 2, 3, 3; Vulg. Exod. 18, 21; id. Deut. 1, 15; id. 1 Reg. 1, 9 sq.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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