duodequadraginta

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

←  37	XXXVIII 38	39  →
Cardinal: duodēquadrāgintā     Ordinal: duodēquadrāgēsimus     Distributive: duodēquadrāgēnus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XXXVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from forty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + quadrāgintā (“forty”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /du.o.deː.kʷa.draːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eːkʷäd̪räːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.kwa.draˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪ekwäd̪räˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

duodēquadrāgintā (indeclinable)

1. thirty-eight; 38

Usage notes

Although duodēquadrāgintā is the usual expression for 38, it is also possible to say trīgintā octō (“thirty-eight”) or octō et trīgintā (“eight and thirty”).

Related terms

• quadrāgintā
• ūndēquadrāgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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