sedecim
Latin
[edit]| ← 15 | XVI 16 |
17 → [a], [b], [c], [d] |
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| Cardinal: sēdecim, sexdecim, decem et sex, sexdicim Ordinal: sextusdecimus, sextus decimus Adverbial: sēdeciēs, sēdeciēns, sexdecies Proportional: sēdecuplus, sexdecuplus, sesdecuplus Distributive: sēnus dēnus, dēnus sēnus | ||
Alternative forms
[edit]- Symbol: XVI
Etymology
[edit]From sex (“six”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈseː.dɛ.kĩː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.de.t͡ʃim]
Numeral
[edit]sēdecim (indeclinable)
- sixteen; 16
- c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Historiae 3.2:
- nunc sedecim alarum coniuncta signa pulsu sonituque et nube ipsa operient ac superfundent oblitos proeliorum equites equosque
- Now the united standards of sixteen squadrons will bury and overwhelm with the crash and din and storm of their onset these horses and horsemen that have forgotten how to fight.
- nunc sedecim alarum coniuncta signa pulsu sonituque et nube ipsa operient ac superfundent oblitos proeliorum equites equosque
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Genesis.46.18:
- hii filii Zelphae quam dedit Laban Liae filiae suae et hos genuit Iacob sedecim animas
- These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
- hii filii Zelphae quam dedit Laban Liae filiae suae et hos genuit Iacob sedecim animas
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Emilian: sagg'
- Insular Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “sedecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sedecim”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.