I.num. distrib. adj. [viginti], twenty each, twenty distributively.
I. Lit.: “si duae res quae conferuntur, vicenas habent partes,” Varr. L. L. 10, § 5 Müll.: “annos nonnulli vicenos in disciplinā permanent,” Caes. B. G. 6, 14: “militibus denarios quinos vicenos diviserunt,” Liv. 41, 7, 3; Col. 3, 3, 7; Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 163; 8, 51, 77, § 205.—Gen. vicenūm, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 98: “vicenūm quinūm,” Front. Aquaed. 29; 47; Col. 12, 18, 7. —
II. Transf., in gen., twenty: “diebus vicenis interpositis,” an interval of twenty days, Plin. 25, 8, 49, § 88; Mart. 4, 26, 3.