century Copy link Outline I. A hundredII. A political division of the Roman people; also, a subdivision of the legion1. centŭrĭa2. ordo. ĭnis, m.III. A hundred years1. saecŭlum2. spătĭum annorum centum • century: I. A hundred: centūria: Col.: to divide into c.s, centŭrĭāre, Hyg. II. A political division of the Roman people; also, a subdivision of the legion: 1. centŭrĭa: Liv.: Cic.: to divide into c.s, centŭrĭāre, Cic.: Liv.: by c.s, centŭrĭatim, Caes.: Cic. 2. ordo. ĭnis, m.: Caes. Cic. III. A hundred years: 1. saecŭlum: Cic.: Hor. 2. spătĭum annorum centum: Varr.: Liv. 9. 34.
CENTURY Copy link • CENTURYa hundred, centum (distributice, centeni). The number of 100, centuria. Space of 100 years, centenum annorum; centum annorum spatium: saeculum (a “generation” = according to Etruscan and Roman computation, 100 years). Division of the Roman people, centuria: by centuries, centuriatim: to divide into centuries, centuriare: division by centuries, centuriatus.