undequadraginta
Latin edit
← 38 | XXXIX 39 |
40 → |
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Cardinal: ūndēquadrāgintā Ordinal: ūndēquadrāgēsimus Adverbial: ūndēquadrāgiēns |
Alternative forms edit
- Symbol: XXXIX
Etymology edit
Literally "one from forty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + quadrāgintā (“forty”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uːn.deː.kʷa.draːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eːkʷäd̪räːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /un.de.kwa.draˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪ekwäd̪räˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]
Numeral edit
ūndēquadrāgintā (indeclinable)
- thirty-nine; 39
Usage notes edit
Although ūndēquadrāgintā is the usual expression for 39, it is also possible to say trīgintā novem (“thirty-nine”) or novem et trīgintā (“nine and thirty”).
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “undequadraginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “undequadraginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- undequadraginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.