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sexaginta

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Latin

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Latin numbers (edit)
600[a], [b]
 ←  50  ←  59 LX
60
61  →  70  → 
6
    Cardinal: sexāgintā
    Ordinal: sexāgēsimus
    Adverbial: sexāgiēns, sexāgiēs
    Proportional: sexāgecuplus
    Distributive: sexāgēnus

Alternative forms

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  • Symbol: LX

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱsḱomt, from earlier *swéḱsdḱomt (six-ten). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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sexāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. sixty; 60

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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References

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