sedecim

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sēdecim     Ordinal : sextus decimus
Latin Wikipedia article on sēdecim

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XVI

Etymology

From sex (“six”) + decem (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.de.kim/, [ˈseː.dɛ.kĩ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.de.t͡ʃim/, [ˈseː.de.t͡ʃim]

Numeral

sēdecim (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) 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.

   • 405 CE, Jerome, 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.

Derived terms

• sedecillion
• sedecimalis

Descendants

• Asturian: selce
• Catalan: setze
• Dalmatian: setco
• Corsican: sèdeci
• French: seize
• Friulian: sedis
• Italian: sedici

• Occitan: setze
• Old Spanish: sedze, seze
• Romansch: sedesch, sedisch, saidesch
• Sicilian: sìdici, sìrici
• Sardinian: sedichi, seghi, segi, seighi
• Venetian: sédexe, sédese
• Walloon: saze

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• sedecim in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sedecim” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)