quindecim
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
quindecim (plural quindecims)
- (historical) A tax of one fifteenth.
- 2019, Julia Boffey, Henry VII's London in the Great Chronicle (page 71)
- In this parliament was granted to the king for defence against the Scots two aids and two quindecims, the which two aids did not extend over two quindecims.
- 2019, Julia Boffey, Henry VII's London in the Great Chronicle (page 71)
Latin[edit]
← 14 | XV 15 |
16 → |
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Cardinal: quīndecim Ordinal: quīntusdecimus, quīntus decimus |
Alternative forms[edit]
- Symbol: XV
Etymology[edit]
From quīnque (“five”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷiːn.de.kim/, [ˈkʷiːn̪d̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwin.de.t͡ʃim/, [ˈkwin̪d̪et͡ʃim]
Numeral[edit]
quīndecim (indeclinable)
- fifteen; 15
- 77-79 AD, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historia, liber XIV, vii
- quindecim omnino generibus uvarum nominatis, tribus oleae, totidem pirorum, malo vero tantum Assyrio, ceteris omnibus neglectis
- "in all, fifteen varieties of the grape has he named, three of the olive, the same number of the pear, and the citron of Assyria, and has neglected the rest"
- quindecim omnino generibus uvarum nominatis, tribus oleae, totidem pirorum, malo vero tantum Assyrio, ceteris omnibus neglectis
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Samuelis II 9:10 (Regnum II)
- erant autem Sibae quindecim filii et viginti servi
- "Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants."
- erant autem Sibae quindecim filii et viginti servi
- 77-79 AD, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historia, liber XIV, vii
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “quindecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quindecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quindecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
- to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
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