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New Latin Grammar by Charles E. Bennett
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centum et septem, _one hundred and seven_;

centum et quadrāgintā, _one hundred and forty_.

4. The Distributives are used--

a) To denote _so much each_, _so many apiece_; as,--

bīna talenta eīs dedit, _he gave them two talents each_.

b) When those nouns that are ordinarily Plural in form, but Singular in
meaning, are employed in a Plural sense; as,--

bīnae litterae, _two epistles_.

But in such cases, ūnī (not singulī) is regularly employed for _one_, and
trīnī (not ternī) for three; as,--

ūnae litterae, _one epistle_; trīnae litterae, _three epistles_.

c) In multiplication; as,--

bis bīna sunt quattuor, _twice two are four_.

d) Often in poetry, instead of the cardinals; as,--

bīna hastīlia, _two spears_.

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