lustrum

• “Does the Latin word "lustrum" mean a bright light, a century, or a period of five years?”

  June 2007

• “These were the twenty-sixth pair of censors since the first, the lustrum was the nineteenth.”

  The History of Rome, Vol. II

• “And with this in mind, and in the renewed hope that I may live long enough to see the task through, I shall now relate the extraordinary story of Cicero’s year in office as consul of the Roman republic and what befell him in the four years afterward—a span of time we mortals call a lustrum, but which to the gods is no more than the blinking of an eye.”

  Simon & Schuster: CONSPIRATA

• “The census, commenced the previous year, was completed, and the "lustrum," which was then closed, is stated to have been the tenth since the beginning of the City.”

  The History of Rome, Vol. I

• “In that year the census was taken, and owing to the seizure of the Capitol and the death of the consul, the "lustrum" was closed on religious grounds.”

  The History of Rome, Vol. I

• “Then the census was made and the "lustrum" closed by Quinctius.”

  The History of Rome, Vol. I

• “Yes, except that he will hold his province for an entire lustrum, while you will have to give up yours by the end of the year.”

  Simon & Schuster: CONSPIRATA

• “Now, a decade and a lustrum later, Keller's novella of entymology, penology, psychology, and mystery has been put between hardcovers for fresh judgement.”

  Antiquarian Weird Tales: New Era Publishers

• “At the present lustrum of your life you are, and should be, supremely indifferent to your ancestors.”

  Genealogy: It's Not For the Living

• “[5175] Cujus octavum trepidavit aetas, cernere lustrum; to say they are younger than they are.”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

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