sedecim
Latin edit
← 15 | XVI 16 |
17 → |
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Cardinal: sēdecim Ordinal: sextusdecimus, sextus decimus |
Alternative forms edit
- Symbol: XVI
Etymology edit
From sex (“six”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.de.kim/, [ˈs̠eːd̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.de.t͡ʃim/, [ˈsɛːd̪et͡ʃim]
Numeral edit
sēdecim (indeclinable)
- sixteen; 16
- c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 3.2:
- nunc sedecim alarum coniuncta signa pulsu sonituque et nube ipsa operient ac superfundent oblitos proeliorum equites equosque
- Now the united standards of sixteen squadrons will bury and overwhelm with the crash and din and storm of their onset these horses and horsemen that have forgotten how to fight.
- nunc sedecim alarum coniuncta signa pulsu sonituque et nube ipsa operient ac superfundent oblitos proeliorum equites equosque
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
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See also edit
References edit
- “sedecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sedecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.