undeoctoginta
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Latin
[edit]← 78 | LXXIX 79 |
80 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: ūndeoctōgintā Ordinal: ūndeoctōgēsimus |
Alternative forms
[edit]- Symbol: LXXIX
Etymology
[edit]Literally "one from eighty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /uːn.de.ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eɔkt̪oːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /un.de.ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪eokt̪oˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]
Numeral
[edit]ūndeoctōgintā (indeclinable)
- seventy-nine; 79
Usage notes
[edit]Although ūndeoctōgintā is the usual expression for 79, it is also possible to say septuāgintā novem (“seventy-nine”) or novem et septuāgintā (“nine and seventy”).
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “undeoctoginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “undeoctoginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- undeoctoginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.