quindecim
English edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin quindecima (“15th”), from quindecim (“15”). In reference to 2-week periods, based upon the Roman and medieval practice of counting inclusively.
Noun edit
quindecim (plural quindecims)
- (historical) Synonym of quinzieme, a tax of one fifteenth (0.067%).
- 2019, Julia Boffey, Henry VII's London in the Great Chronicle, page 71:
- In this parliament was granted to the king for defence against the Scots two aids and two quindecims, the which two aids did not extend over two quindecims.
- (chiefly Christianity, archaic) Synonym of quindene, the 14th day after a festival, the fortnight after a festival.
References edit
- “quindecim, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin edit
| ← 14 | XV 15 |
16 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: quīndecim Ordinal: quīntusdecimus, quīntus decimus | ||
Alternative forms edit
- Symbol: XV
Etymology edit
From quīnque (“five”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷiːn.de.kim/, [ˈkʷiːn̪d̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwin.de.t͡ʃim/, [ˈkwin̪d̪et͡ʃim]
Numeral edit
quīndecim (indeclinable)
- fifteen; 15
- 77-79 AD, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historia, liber XIV, vii
- quindecim omnino generibus uvarum nominatis, tribus oleae, totidem pirorum, malo vero tantum Assyrio, ceteris omnibus neglectis
- "in all, fifteen varieties of the grape has he named, three of the olive, the same number of the pear, and the citron of Assyria, and has neglected the rest"
- quindecim omnino generibus uvarum nominatis, tribus oleae, totidem pirorum, malo vero tantum Assyrio, ceteris omnibus neglectis
- Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 9:10:(Regnum II)
- erant autem Sibae quindecim filii et viginti servi
- "Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants."
- erant autem Sibae quindecim filii et viginti servi
- 77-79 AD, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historia, liber XIV, vii
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See also edit
References edit
- “quindecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quindecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quindecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
- to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)