duodeoctoginta
Latin edit
← 77 | LXXVIII 78 |
79 → |
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Cardinal: duodeoctōgintā |
Alternative forms edit
- Symbol: LXXVIII
Etymology edit
Literally "two from eighty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /du.o.de.ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eɔkt̪oːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /du.o.de.ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪eokt̪oˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]
Numeral edit
duodeoctōgintā (indeclinable)
- seventy-eight; 78
Usage notes edit
Although duodeoctōgintā is the usual expression for 78, it is also possible to say septuāgintā octō (“seventy-eight”) or octō et septuāgintā (“eight and seventy”).
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “duodeoctoginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- duodeoctoginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.