duodesexaginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : duodēsexāgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: LVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from sixty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + sexāgintā (“sixty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /du.o.deː.sek.saːˈɡin.taː/, [dʊ.ɔ.deː.sɛk.saːˈɡɪn.taː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.sek.saˈd͡ʒin.ta/

Numeral

duodēsexāgintā (indeclinable)

(cardinal) fifty-eight; 58

Usage notes

Although duodēsexāgintā is the usual expression for 58, it is also possible to say quīnquāgintā octō (“fifty-eight”) or octō et quīnquāgintā (“eight and fifty”).

Related terms

References

duodesexaginta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
duodesexaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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