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undesexaginta

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Latin

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Latin numbers (edit)
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59
60  → 
    Cardinal: ūndēsexāgintā
    Ordinal: ūndēsexāgēsimus

Alternative forms

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  • Symbol: LIX

Etymology

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Literally "one from sixty"; ūnus (one) + (from) + sexāgintā (sixty)

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ūndēsexāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. fifty-nine; 59

Usage notes

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Although ūndēsexāgintā is the usual expression for 59, it is also possible to say quīnquāgintā novem (fifty-nine) or novem et quīnquāgintā (nine and fifty).

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See also

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References

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