quinquaginta

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

		500
←  40	←  49	L 50	51  →	60  →
		5
Cardinal: quīnquāgintā     Ordinal: quīnquāgēsimus     Adverbial: quīnquāgiēns     Distributive: quīnquāgēnus

Alternative forms

• cīnque
• Symbol: L

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷēḱomt, from earlier *pénkʷedḱomt (“five-ten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) and Sanskrit पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśát).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːn.kʷaːˈɡin.taː/, [kʷiːŋkʷäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwin.kwaˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [kwiŋkwäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

quīnquāgintā (indeclinable)

1. fifty; 50

Derived terms

• duodēquīnquāgintā
• ūndēquīnquāgintā

Related terms

• quīnque

Descendants

Reflexes of the dissimilated variant cīnquāgintā:

• Dalmatian:
  • cioncuanta
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cinquanta
    • → Sardinian: cincuanta (Campidanese)
  • Neapolitan: cinquànta
  • Sicilian: cinquanta
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: chimbanta, chimmanta (Logudorese, Nuorese)
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Ligurian: çinquànta
    • Piedmontese: sinquanta
  • Friulian: cincuante
  • Ladin: cincanta
  • Romansch: tschuncanta, tschuncànta, tschunconta, tschinquaunta
  • Venetian: sinquanta, çinquanta, xinquanta, zhinquanta
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: cinquanta
  • Old French: cinquante
    • French: cinquante
    • Norman: chînquante
    • Walloon: céncwante
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: cinquanta
  • Occitan: cinquanta
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: cincuenta
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cinquaenta
    • Galician: cincuenta
    • Portuguese: cinquenta
      • Kabuverdianu: sinkuenta
      • Papiamentu: sinkuenta
  • Old Spanish: cinquaenta
    • Spanish: cincuenta
      • → Cebuano: singkwenta, singkuwenta
      • → Tagalog: singkuwenta, singkwenta, sinkuwenta

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

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