duodecim
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Latin[edit]
← 11 | XII 12 |
13 → |
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Cardinal: duodecim Ordinal: duodecimus Adverbial: duodeciēs, duodeciēns Multiplier: duodecuplus, duodecuplex, duodecimplus, duodecimplex, duodecemplus, duodecemplex Distributive: duodēnus Fractional: ū̆ncia |
Alternative forms[edit]
- Symbol: XII
Etymology[edit]
From duo (“two”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /duˈo.de.kim/, [d̪uˈɔd̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /duˈo.de.t͡ʃim/, [d̪uˈɔːd̪et͡ʃim]
Numeral[edit]
duodecim (indeclinable)
- twelve; 12
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.19:
- Atque omnium primum ad cursus lunae in duodecim menses discribit annum
- First of all he divided the year into twelve months, corresponding to the moon's revolutions
- Atque omnium primum ad cursus lunae in duodecim menses discribit annum
- dozen
Derived terms[edit]
- duodecennis (Late Latin)
- duodecennium
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: doighi
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duodecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.