undecentum
Latin
[edit][a], [b], [c] ← 98 | XCIX 99 |
100 → |
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Cardinal: nōnāgintā novem, novem et nōnāgintā, ūndēcentum Ordinal: nōnāgēsimus nōnus, ūndēcentēsimus |
Alternative forms
[edit]- Symbol: XCIX
Etymology
[edit]Literally "one from one hundred"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + centum (“hundred”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /uːn.deːˈken.tum/, [uːn̪d̪eːˈkɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /un.deˈt͡ʃen.tum/, [un̪d̪eˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪um]
Numeral
[edit]ūndēcentum (indeclinable)
- ninety-nine; 99
- 77-78 — Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book VII, section 214
- nec congruēbant ad hōrās eius līneae, pāruērunt tamen eī annīs ūndēcentum, ...
- Although the threads did not come together for those hours, they were evident those ninety-nine years, ...
- nec congruēbant ad hōrās eius līneae, pāruērunt tamen eī annīs ūndēcentum, ...
- 77-78 — Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book VII, section 214
Usage notes
[edit]Alternative form to nōnāgintā novem (“ninety-nine”) and novem et nōnāgintā (“nine and ninety”). The only Classical attestation is from Pliny the Elder.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “undecentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- undecentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.