septenary英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A group of seven things.
A period of seven years.

— This idea was based on the doctrine that a man's body changed its character every seven years and that his life was thus made up of ‘septenaries’.
The seven notes of the diatonic scale.

形容词 adj.

Consisting of or containing seven. not-comparable
Of seventh rank or order. not-comparable

— ... indeed if further evidence than that of bestial and savage counting were required to show that finger-numeration and the quinary system were not primeval, it would be afforded by the development of the senary-septenary system in so many lands.
Lasting seven years; continuing seven years. not-comparable

— Septenary penance.

词形变化

septenaries plural

词汇关系

近义词

septimal

词源

词源 1

From Middle English septenarie, septenary, from Classical Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), from septēnus (“seven each; seven at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). With use as noun compare septēnārius (“line of seven feet; unit of seven parts; period of seven years”). By surface analysis, septen- + -ary. Doublet of septenar and septenarius.

词源 2

From Middle English septenarie, septenary, from Classical Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), from septēnus (“seven each; seven at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). With use as noun compare septēnārius (“line of seven feet; unit of seven parts; period of seven years”). By surface analysis, septen- + -ary. Doublet of septenar and septenarius.