quadragesimus

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

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		4
Cardinal: quadrāgintā     Ordinal: quadrāgēsimus     Adverbial: quadrāgiēns, quadrāgiēs     Proportional: quadrāgecuplus, quadragintuplus     Distributive: quadrāgēnus

Etymology

From quadrāgintā (“forty”) +‎ -ēsimus (“-th”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷa.draːˈɡeː.si.mus/, [kʷäd̪räːˈɡeːs̠ɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kʷa.draˈd͡ʒe.si.mus/, [kʷäd̪räˈd͡ʒɛːs̬imus]

Numeral

quadrāgēsimus (feminine quadrāgēsima, neuter quadrāgēsimum); first/second-declension numeral

1. fortieth

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	quadrāgēsimus	quadrāgēsima	quadrāgēsimum		quadrāgēsimī	quadrāgēsimae	quadrāgēsima
genitive	quadrāgēsimī	quadrāgēsimae	quadrāgēsimī		quadrāgēsimōrum	quadrāgēsimārum	quadrāgēsimōrum
dative	quadrāgēsimō	quadrāgēsimae	quadrāgēsimō		quadrāgēsimīs
accusative	quadrāgēsimum	quadrāgēsimam	quadrāgēsimum		quadrāgēsimōs	quadrāgēsimās	quadrāgēsima
ablative	quadrāgēsimō	quadrāgēsimā	quadrāgēsimō		quadrāgēsimīs
vocative	quadrāgēsime	quadrāgēsima	quadrāgēsimum		quadrāgēsimī	quadrāgēsimae	quadrāgēsima

Derived terms

• quādrāgēsima

Descendants

• → Catalan: quadragèsim
• → Portuguese: quadragésimo
• → Spanish: cuadragésimo

References

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