Latin

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Latin numbers (edit)
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79
80  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: ūndeoctōgintā
    Ordinal: ūndeoctōgēsimus

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  • Symbol: LXXIX

Etymology

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Literally "one from eighty"; ūnus (one) + (from) + octōgintā (eighty)

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ūndeoctōgintā (indeclinable)

  1. seventy-nine; 79

Usage notes

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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).

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See also

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References

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  • 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.