octodecim

Latin

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←  17	XVIII 18	19  → [a], [b], [c]
Cardinal: duodēvīgintī, octōdecim     Ordinal: duodēvīcēsimus, octōdecimus     Distributive: duodēvīcēnus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XVIII

Etymology

From octō (“eight”) + decem (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /okˈtoː.de.kim/, [ɔkˈt̪oːd̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /okˈto.de.t͡ʃim/, [okˈt̪ɔːd̪et͡ʃim]

Numeral

octōdecim (indeclinable)

1. (rare) eighteen; 18
   • 1543, Petrus Comestor, Historia Scholastica, III Kings, "De porticu"

     Quarum talis erat compositio: Stylus, vel stipes columnae octodecim habebat cubitos altitudinis

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   • 1687, Isaac Newton, “Axiomata, sive Leges Motus”, in Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica:

     Si corpus Alucretur partes novem vel decem vel undecim vel duodecim, adeoque progrediatur post concursum cum partibus quindecim vel sexdecim vel septendecim vel octodecim.

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Usage notes

This form is rare, and is found primarily in bookish post-Classical Latin. The usual word for eighteen in Classical Latin is duodēvīgintī, whereas modern Romance languages descend from the form decim et octō.

Synonyms

• duodēvīgintī

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “octodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “octodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• octodecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.