sedecim
Appearance
Latin
[edit]← 15 | XVI 16 |
17 → [a], [b], [c], [d] |
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Cardinal: sēdecim, sexdicim, sexdecim 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.d̪e.t͡ʃim]
Numeral
[edit]sēdecim (indeclinable)
- sixteen; 16
- c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 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
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- 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.