quinquaginta

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quīnquāgintā     Ordinal : quīnquāgēsimus     Adverbial : quinquāgiēns     Distributive : quinquāgēnī

Alternative forms

• Symbol: L

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷēḱomt, from earlier *pénkʷe(d)ḱomt (“five-ten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) and Sanskrit पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśát).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːn.kʷaːˈɡin.taː/, [kʷiːŋkʷäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwin.kwaˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [kwiŋkwäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

• Audio (Classical):

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Numeral

quīnquāgintā (indeclinable)

1. fifty; 50

Derived terms

• duodēquīnquāgintā
• ūndēquīnquāgintā

Related terms

• quīnque

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *cīnquāgintā (see there for further descendants)

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

• “quinquaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quinquaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quinquaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.