I.gen. plur. senūm, Cic. Verr. 2, 49, 122; Caes. B. C. 2, 15), num. distrib. [sex].
I. Lit., six each: “cum in sex partes divisus exercitus Romanus senis horis in orbem succederet proelio,” Liv. 6, 4: “senos viros singuli currus vehebant,” Curt. 8, 14, 3: “ut tribuni militum seni deni (by many written in one word, senideni) in quattuor legiones crearentur,” Liv. 9, 30; so, “sena dena (or senadena) stipendia,” Tac. A. 1, 36 fin.: “senūm pedum crassitudo,” Caes. B. C. 2, 15; cf.: “pueri annorum senūm septenūmque denūm,” sixteen and seventeen years old, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122.—
II. Transf., for sex, six: “tradiderat natalibus actis Bis puerum senis,” past his twelfth birthday, Ov. M. 8, 243: “sena vellera,” id. ib. 12, 429: “pedes,” i. e. hexameter, Hor. S. 1, 10, 59: “ictus (of the senarius),” id. A. P. 253: “latitudo ejus ne minus pedum senūm denūm (or senumdenum),” Vitr. 6, 9.
