undetriginta

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  28	XXIX 29	30  →
Cardinal: ūndētrīgintā     Ordinal: ūndētrīcēsimus, nōnus et vīcēsimus, vīcēsimus nōnus     Adverbial: ūndētrīciēs, ūndētrīciēns

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XXIX

Etymology

Literally "one from thirty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + trīgintā (“thirty”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.triːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eːt̪riːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /un.de.triˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪et̪riˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

ūndētrīgintā (indeclinable)

1. twenty-nine; 29

Usage notes

Although ūndētrīgintā is the usual expression for 29, it is also possible to say vīgintī novem (“twenty-nine”) or novem et vīgintī (“nine and twenty”).

Related terms

• duodētrīgintā
• trīgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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