SEPTUAGINT

[Sep.tu.a.gint] n [LL Septuaginta, fr. L, seventy, irreg. fr. septem seven + -ginta (akin to L viginti twenty); fr. the approximate number of its translators--more at seven, vigesimal] (1633): a Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures redacted in the 3d and 2d centuries b.c. by Jewish scholars and adopted by Greek-speaking Christians -- Sep.tu.a.gin.tal adj