n.
Pronunciation: sep- ' tü- ə -j ə nt, - ' tyü-; ' sep-t ə -w ə - ˌ jint
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin Septuaginta, from Latin, seventy, irregular from septem seven + -ginta (akin to Latin intransitive verb ginti twenty); from the approximate number of its translators ― more at SEVEN , VIGESIMAL
Date: 1633
: a Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures redacted in the third and second centuries B.C. by Jewish scholars and adopted by Greek-speaking Christians
– Sep · tu · a · gin · tal \ ( ˌ )sep- ˌ tü- ə - ' jin-t ə l, - ˌ tyü-; ˌ sep-t ə -w ə - \ adjective