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quadraginta

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Latin

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Latin numbers (edit)
400
 ←  30  ←  39 XL
40
41  →  50  → 
4
    Cardinal: quadrāgintā
    Ordinal: quadrāgēsimus
    Adverbial: quadrāgiēns, quadrāgiēs
    Proportional: quadrāgecuplus, quadragintuplus
    Distributive: quadrāgēnus
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Alternative forms

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  • Symbol: XL

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷétwr̥dḱomt (four-ten). Cognates include Ancient Greek τετρώκοντα (tetrṓkonta) and Sanskrit चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśát).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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quadrāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. forty; 40

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Most reflect the late form quarranta, with a notable exception in Iberia.

See also

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References

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  • quadraginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quadraginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "quadraginta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quadraginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.