quartadecumani
Dictionary entries
- Entry →quartadecumanus, quartadecumani:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Military
soldiers (pl.) of the fourteenth legion;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sextam decumam legiones nihil cunctatas sacramento adigit. quartadecumani paulum dubitaverant: pecunia et missio quamvis non flagitantibus oblata..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...veteranae undecima ac tertia decima et praecipui fama quartadecumani, rebellione Britanniae compressa. addiderat gloriam Nero eligendo ut potissimos..."