quartadecumanis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →quartadecumanus, quartadecumani:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Military
soldiers (pl.) of the fourteenth legion;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sextam decumam legiones nihil cunctatas sacramento adigit. quartadecumani paulum dubitaverant: pecunia et missio quamvis non flagitantibus oblata..." - P
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..."