tredecim
Latin
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Cardinal : tredecim Ordinal : tertiusdecimus, tertius decimus Adverbial : terdeciēs Multiplier : terdecuplus, terdecuplex Distributive : terdēnī Fractional : tertiusdecimus, tertius decimus | ||
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Alternative forms
- Symbol: XIII
Etymology
From trēs (“three”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtre.de.kim/, [ˈt̪rɛd̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtre.de.t͡ʃim/, [ˈt̪rɛːd̪et͡ʃim]
Numeral
tredecim (indeclinable)
- thirteen; 13
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 9:
- Miremur si, cum ex hac parte saecula plura numerentur quam ex illa anni, plus in tam longo spatio quam in aetate tredecim annorum fortuna uariauerit?
- Where more generations are reckoned on one side than years on the other, can we be surprised that in such a long space of time there have been more changes of fortune than in a period of thirteen years?
- Miremur si, cum ex hac parte saecula plura numerentur quam ex illa anni, plus in tam longo spatio quam in aetate tredecim annorum fortuna uariauerit?
Derived terms
- tredecennium (New Latin)
- tredennis (Mediaeval Latin)
Descendants
See also
References
- “tredecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tredecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tredecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am thirteen years old: tredecim annos natus sum
- I am thirteen years old: tredecim annos natus sum