duodequadraginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< XXXVII	XXXVIII	XXXIX >
Cardinal : duodēquadrāgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: XXXVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from forty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + quadrāgintā (“forty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /du.o.deː.kʷa.draːˈɡin.taː/, [dʊ.ɔ.deː.kʷa.draːˈɡɪn.taː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.kwa.draˈd͡ʒin.ta/

Numeral

duodēquadrāgintā (indeclinable)

thirty-eight; 38

Usage notes

Although duodēquadrāgintā is the usual expression for 38, it is also possible to say trīgintā octō (“thirty-eight”) or octō et trīgintā (“eight and thirty”).

Related terms

References

duodequadraginta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
duodequadraginta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
duodequadraginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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