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quā̆drāgēni, ae, a (gen. quadragenūm, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; Liv. 38, 38), num. distrib. adj. [quadraginta].

  1. I. Forty each: columnae singulae sestertiis quadragenis milibus locatae, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147; id. Att. 4, 18, 2: octoginta confecit centurias, quadragenas seniorum et juniorum, Liv. 1, 43: pyramides complures quadragenarum ulnarum, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 87; Liv. 38, 38: septuagies centeni quadrageni fiunt novem milia et octingenti, forty each time, Col. 5, 2, 8.
    Plur. fem. quadragenae (supply plagae), forty stripes, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 24.
  2. II. In gen., for quadraginta, forty: centies vicies duceni quadrageni fiunt viginti octo millia et octingenti, i. e. 240X120 = 28,800, Col. 5, 2.