duodenonaginta

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

←  87	LXXXVIII 88	89  →
Cardinal: duodēnōnāgintā     Ordinal: duodēnōnāgēsimus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: LXXXVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from ninety"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + nōnāgintā (“ninety”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /du.o.deː.noː.naːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eːnoːnäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.no.naˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪enonäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

duodēnōnāgintā (indeclinable)

1. eighty-eight; 88

Usage notes

Although duodēnōnāgintā is the usual expression for 88, it is also possible to say octōgintā octō (“eighty-eight”) or octō et octōgintā (“eight and eighty”).

Related terms

• nōnāgintā
• ūndēnōnāgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “duodenonaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• duodenonaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.