duodequadraginta
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Latin[edit]
| ← 37 | XXXVIII 38 |
39 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: duodēquadrāgintā Ordinal: duodēquadrāgēsimus Distributive: duodēquadrāgēnus | ||
Alternative forms[edit]
- Symbol: XXXVIII
Etymology[edit]
Literally "two from forty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + quadrāgintā (“forty”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /du.o.deː.kʷa.draːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eːkʷäd̪räːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /du.o.de.kwa.draˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪ekwäd̪räˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]
Numeral[edit]
duodēquadrāgintā (indeclinable)
- thirty-eight; 38
Usage notes[edit]
Although duodēquadrāgintā is the usual expression for 38, it is also possible to say trīgintā octō (“thirty-eight”) or octō et trīgintā (“eight and thirty”).
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “duodequadraginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “duodequadraginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duodequadraginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.