I. In gen., consisting of six each; fistula, six quarter-digits (quadrantes) in diameter, Front. Aquaed. 25: “numerus,” the number six, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.—
II. In partic.: versus, a verse consisting of six feet (usu. iambics), Quint. 9, 4, 125; Phaedr. 1, prol. 2.—More freq. as subst.: sēnārĭus , ii, m., Cic. Or. 55, 184; 56, 189; Quint. 9, 4, 72; 9, 4, 140 al.