duodeviginti
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Latin[edit]
← 17 | XVIII 18 |
19 → [a], [b], [c] |
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Cardinal: duodēvīgintī, octōdecim Ordinal: duodēvīcēsimus, octōdecimus Distributive: duodēvīcēnus |
Alternative forms[edit]
- Symbol: XVIII
Etymology[edit]
Literally "two from twenty"; from duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) vīgintī (“twenty”). Compare non-subtractive form octōdecim.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /du.o.deː.u̯iːˈɡin.tiː/, [d̪uɔd̪eːu̯iːˈɡɪn̪t̪iː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /du.o.de.viˈd͡ʒin.ti/, [d̪uod̪eviˈd͡ʒin̪t̪i]
Numeral[edit]
duodēvīgintī (indeclinable)
- eighteen; 18
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.5:
- castra in altitudinem pedum XII vallo fossaque duodeviginti pedum muniri iubet.
- He orders him to fortify a camp with a rampart twelve feet in height, and a trench eighteen feet in breadth.
- castra in altitudinem pedum XII vallo fossaque duodeviginti pedum muniri iubet.
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References[edit]
- “duodeviginti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “duodeviginti”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duodeviginti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.