undeoctoginta
Latin edit
← 78 | LXXIX 79 |
80 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: ūndeoctōgintā |
Alternative forms edit
- Symbol: LXXIX
Etymology edit
Literally "one from eighty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uːn.de.ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eɔkt̪oːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /un.de.ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪eokt̪oˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]
Numeral edit
ūndeoctōgintā (indeclinable)
- seventy-nine; 79
Usage notes edit
Although ūndeoctōgintā is the usual expression for 79, it is also possible to say septuāgintā novem (“seventy-nine”) or novem et septuāgintā (“nine and seventy”).
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “undeoctoginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “undeoctoginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- undeoctoginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.