undequinquaginta

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

←  48	XLIX 49	50  →
Cardinal: ūndēquīnquāgintā     Ordinal: ūndēquīnquāgēsimus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XLIX or XXXXVIIII (pre-Renaissance)

Etymology

Literally "one from fifty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + quīnquāgintā (“fifty”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.kʷiːn.kʷaːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eːkʷiːŋkʷäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /un.de.kwin.kwaˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪ekwiŋkwäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

ūndēquīnquāgintā (indeclinable)

1. forty-nine; 49

Usage notes

Although ūndēquīnquāgintā is the usual expression for 49, it is also possible to say quadrāgintā novem (“forty-nine”) or novem et quadrāgintā (“nine and forty”).

Related terms

• duodēquīnquāgintā
• quīnquāgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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