duodeoctoginta

Latin

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Cardinal: duodeoctōgintā     Ordinal: duodeoctōgēsimus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: LXXVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from eighty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eɔkt̪oːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪eokt̪oˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

duodeoctōgintā (indeclinable)

1. seventy-eight; 78

Usage notes

Although duodeoctōgintā is the usual expression for 78, it is also possible to say septuāgintā octō (“seventy-eight”) or octō et septuāgintā (“eight and seventy”).

Related terms

• octōgintā
• ūndeoctōgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “duodeoctoginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• duodeoctoginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.