undecim

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Latin[edit]

Latin numbers (edit)
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11
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    Cardinal: ūndecim
    Ordinal: ūndecimus
    Adverbial: ūndeciēs, ūndeciēns
    Multiplier: undecuplus, undecuplex, undecimplus, undecimplex, undecemplus, undecemplex
    Distributive: ūndēnus
    Fractional: ūndecimus
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Alternative forms[edit]

  • Symbol: XI

Etymology[edit]

From earlier *oinodecem, from Proto-Indo-European *óynom déḱm̥t, corresponding to ūnus (one) + decem (ten).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

ūndecim (indeclinable)

  1. eleven; 11
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 27:
      ubi et ipse Cn. Fuluius cum undecim tribunis militum cecidit
      It was here that Cn. Fulvius fell together with eleven military tribunes.
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Actus Apostolorum.2.22:
      stans autem Petrus cum undecim levavit vocem suam et locutus est eis viri iudaei et qui habitatis Hierusalem universi hoc vobis notum sit et auribus percipite verba mea
      But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

Descendants[edit]

Some forms reflect *ŭndecim.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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