undesexaginta

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ūndēsexāgintā

Alternative forms

• Symbol: LIX

Etymology

Literally "one from sixty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + sexāgintā (“sixty”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.sek.saːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eːs̠ɛks̠äːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /un.de.sek.saˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪es̬eɡzäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

ūndēsexāgintā (indeclinable)

1. fifty-nine; 59

Usage notes

Although ūndēsexāgintā is the usual expression for 59, it is also possible to say quīnquāgintā novem (“fifty-nine”) or novem et quīnquāgintā (“nine and fifty”).

Related terms

• duodēsexāgintā
• sexāgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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