duodeviginti
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Latin[edit]
| < XVII | XVIII | XIX > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : duodēvīgintī Ordinal : duodēvīcēsimus | ||
| Latin Wikipedia article on duodēvīgintī | ||
Alternative forms[edit]
- Symbol: XVIII
Etymology[edit]
Literally "two from twenty"; from duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) vīgintī (“twenty”). Compare non-subtractive form octōdecim.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /du.o.deː.wiːˈɡin.tiː/, [d̪ʊ.ɔ.d̪eː.wiːˈɡɪn̪.t̪iː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /du.o.de.viˈd͡ʒin.ti/, [d̪u.ɔ.d̪ɛ.viˈd͡ʒin̪.t̪i]
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Numeral[edit]
duodēvīgintī (indeclinable)
- eighteen; 18
- 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.5:
- castra in altitudinem pedum XII vallo fossaque duodeviginti pedum muniri iubet.
- He orders him to fortify a camp with a rampart twelve feet in height, and a trench eighteen feet in breadth.
- castra in altitudinem pedum XII vallo fossaque duodeviginti pedum muniri iubet.
- 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum divi Augusti.65:
- G. et L. in duodeviginti mensium spatio amisit ambos, Gaio in Lycia, Lucio Massiliae defunctis.
- He lost Gaius and Lucius within the span of eighteen months, for the former died in Lycia and the latter at Massilia.
- G. et L. in duodeviginti mensium spatio amisit ambos, Gaio in Lycia, Lucio Massiliae defunctis.
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References[edit]
- duodeviginti in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- duodeviginti in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duodeviginti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
