undeoctoginta

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ūndēoctōgintā

Alternative forms

• Symbol: LXXIX

Etymology

Literally "one from eighty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eːɔkt̪oːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /un.de.ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪eokt̪oˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

ūndēoctōgintā (indeclinable)

1. seventy-nine; 79

Usage notes

Although ūndēoctōgintā 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

• duodēoctōgintā
• octōgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “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.