I.indef. indecl. num. [alius-quot; cf. aliquis], some, several, a few, not many (undefined in number; while nonnulli indicates an indeterminate selection from several persons, Caes. B. G. 3, 2; cf. Wolf ad Suet. Caes. 10): “dies,” Ter. And. 2, 1, 13; Vulg. Jud. 14, 8; ib. Act. 9, 19; 10, 48: “liberae,” Ter. And. 4, 4, 32: “amici,” id. Phorm. 2, 1, 82: “saecula,” Cic. Univ. 1: “epistulae, id Fam. 7, 18: aliquot abacorum,” Cic. Verr. 4, 57: “aliquot de causis,” Caes. B. G. 3, 2 al.— Without subst.: “aliquot me adierunt,” Ter. And. 3, 3, 2: “ex quā aliquot praetorio imperio redierunt,” Cic. Pis. 38: “ille non aliquot occiderit, multos ferro, etc.,” id. Sex. Rosc. 100.
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