What do the (8ies) references in Gonzalez Lodge mean?

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lupusinfabula
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What do the (8ies) references in Gonzalez Lodge mean?

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For example:
1464. pulcher, -chra, -chrum. Caes.--(VII. 15. 4; 77, 13). Cic. II. 19 (6ies). V. I. 72 (20ies). Beautiful, both lit. and fig.

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Re: What do the (8ies) references in Gonzalez Lodge mean?

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At a guess, the number of occurrences, e.g. 6ies = sexies, 6x. But I don’t know what the references refer to.

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Re: What do the (8ies) references in Gonzalez Lodge mean?

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That was my assumption as well. Thanks.
mwh wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 2:12 pm At a guess, the number of occurrences, e.g. 6ies = sexies, 6x. But I don’t know what the references refer to.

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