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centēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [centeni],

  1. I. consisting of a hundred, relating to a hundred: numerus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 86 Müll., p. 26 Bip.: grex, id. R. R. 2, 4, 22; 3, 6, 6: pondera, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: ballistae, throwing stones weighing a hundred pounds, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 555, 25: fistula, of a hundred inches, Vitr. 8, 7; Front. Aquaed. 29; 62; Pall. Aug. 12: basilicae, a hundred feet long. Capitol. Gord. 32: rosae, i. e. hundred-leaved, Tert. Cor. Mil. 14: libertus, possessed of a hundred thousand sesterces, Dig. 37, 14, 16; cf. Just. Inst. 3, 8 2: cenae, of a hundred asses, Paul. ex Fest. p. 54 Müll.; cf. Tert. Apol. 7 (but in Ann. 2, p. 97 is to be read centimanos, acc. to Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 107).
  2. II. Subst.: Centēnārĭi, ōrum, m., = centuriones, Veg. Mil. 2, 13.

centēni, ae, a (among the poets and in post-class. prose also in sing.; cf.: bini, terni, etc.;

  1. I. gen. plur. centenūm, like binūm, etc., Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 163 sq. al.), num. distrib. [centum], a hundred each, a hundred: illos centeni quemque sequuntur juvenes, Verg. A. 9, 162: centum bracchia Centenaeque manus, id. ib. 10, 566: centenos sestertios militibus est pollicitus, Hirt. B. Alex. 48: centena sestertia, Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49: vicies centena milia passuum, etc., Caes. B. G. 5, 13.
    In sing., Verg. A. 10, 207; Mart. 8, 45; Stat. S. 4, 4, 43; Pers. 5, 6.
  2. II. Subst.: centēna, ae, f. (sc. dignitas). = centurionatus, a dignity in the imperial court, Cod. Th. 10, 7, 1 al.—;
    1. B. centēnum, i, n., a kind of grain, = secale (because it bears a hundredfold), Edict. Diocl. p. 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 3, 12, and Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141.

centēnĭōnālis nummus, a small coin, Cod. Th. 9, 23, 1 and 2.