sedecim

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Latin[edit]

Latin cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : sēdecim
    Ordinal : sextus decimus
Latin Wikipedia article on sēdecim

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  • Symbol: XVI

Etymology[edit]

From sex (“six”) + decem (“ten”).

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sēdecim (indeclinable)

  1. (cardinal) sixteen; 16
    • 69-70 CE, Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Historiae, Book III:ii
      nunc sedecim alarum coniuncta signa pulsu sonituque et nube ipsa operient ac superfundent oblitos proeliorum equites equosque
      "Now the united standards of sixteen squadrons will bury and overwhelm with the crash and din and storm of their onset these horses and horsemen that have forgotten how to fight."
    • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Genesis 46:18
      hii filii Zelphae quam dedit Laban Liae filiae suae et hos genuit Iacob sedecim animas
      "These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls."

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