quadraginta

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quadrāgintā     Ordinal : quadrāgēsimus     Adverbial : quadrāgiēns     Distributive : quādrāgēnī

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XL

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥(d)ḱomt (“four-ten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τετρώκοντα (tetrṓkonta) and Sanskrit चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśát).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷa.draːˈɡin.taː/, [kʷäd̪räːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwa.draˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [kwäd̪räˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

• Audio (Classical):

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Numeral

quadrāgintā (indeclinable)

1. forty; 40

Derived terms

• duodēquadrāgintā
• ūndēquadrāgintā

Related terms

• quattuor

Descendants

descendants

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

• “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.