septimana

[ sep-tuh-mey-nuh ]

noun

, plural sep·ti·ma·nae [sep-t, uh, -, mey, -nee].

1. a week.

Word History and Origins

Origin of septimana¹

< Late Latin septimāna; semainier

Example Sentences

Quod si festum evenerit eadem septimana die veneris, addito alio festo in alia septimana veniente, dividentur illi duo dies inter dominum et operarium ut supradictum est.'

From Project Gutenberg

Item quod nonnulli eorum ipsâ die, vel alia septimanæ sanctæ pro conculcatione et minctione prædictis consueverunt convenire!

From Project Gutenberg

The first begins with the name of the month; then follows the number of days; then the nones, which in eight months of the year fall on the fifth day, and were thence called quintanæ—in the others on the seventh, and were, therefore, called septimanæ.

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So "septimana" signifies "seven mornings"; whence the French word "semaine".

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Hîc petrarum fluuius currit ad intercisum tempus, quasi in tribus septimanæ diebus, per spatium deserti Indiæ plurium dietarum, velut fluuius, quousque tandem se perdat in mare arenosum praedictum, atque ex tunc ipsi lapides penitùs non comparent.

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