duodetriginta

Latin

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←  27	XXVIII 28	29  →
Cardinal: duodētrīgintā, vīgintī octō     Ordinal: duodētrīcēsimus, octāvus et vīcēsimus, vīcēsimus octāvus     Adverbial: duodētrīciēs, duodētrīciēns

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XXVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from thirty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + trīgintā (“thirty”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /du.o.deː.triːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eːt̪riːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.triˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪et̪riˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

duodētrīgintā (indeclinable)

1. twenty-eight; 28

Usage notes

Although duodētrīgintā is the usual expression for 28, it is also possible to say vīgintī octō (“twenty-eight”) or octō et vīgintī (“eight and twenty”).

Related terms

• trīgintā
• ūndētrīgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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