octoginta

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

		800
←  70	←  79	LXXX 80	81  →	90  →
		8
Cardinal: octōgintā, octāgintā     Ordinal: octōgēsimus     Adverbial: octōgiēns, octōgiēs     Distributive: octōgēnus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: LXXX

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *oktōḱomt, from earlier *oḱto(w)-dḱomt (“eight-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [ɔkt̪oːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [okt̪oˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

octōgintā (indeclinable)

1. eighty; 80

Derived terms

• duodēoctōgintā
• ūndēoctōgintā

Related terms

• octō

Descendants

See the variant form octāgintā.

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

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