novendecim

Latin

**Latin numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b]} ← 18	XIX 19	20 →
Cardinal: ūndēvīgintī, novemdecim, novendecim Ordinal: ūndēvīcēsimus, novemdecimus, novendecimus

Alternative forms

novemdecim
Symbol: XIX

Etymology

From novem (“nine”) + decem (“ten”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noˈu̯en.de.kim/, [noˈu̯ɛn̪d̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈven.de.t͡ʃim/, [noˈvɛn̪d̪et͡ʃim]

Numeral

novendecim (indeclinable)

(rare) nineteen; 19
- 1624, Francis Bacon, Nova Atlantis:
  Tum vero adduxit ad cubicula visenda quae nobis parata erant, numera novendecim.
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- 1649, Bernhardus Varenius, Descriptio Regni Iaponiae, section XI:
  Novendecim alii Domini, quorum quilibet habet annuos reditus
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

This form is rare, and is found primarily in bookish post-Classical Latin. The usual word for nineteen in Classical Latin is ūndēvīgintī, whereas modern Romance languages descend from the form decim et novem.

Synonyms

ūndēvīgintī

References

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