septuaginta

See also: Septuaginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< LXIX	LXX	LXXI >
Cardinal : septuāgintā Ordinal : septuāgēsimus Adverbial : septuāgiēs Distributive : septuāgēnī

Alternative forms

Symbol: LXX
septaginta

Etymology

From earlier *septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European *septm̥̄ḱomt, from earlier *septḿ̥-dḱomt (“seven-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomḗkonta).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sep.tu.aːˈɡin.taː/, [sɛp.tʊ.aːˈɡɪn.taː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sep.tu.aˈd͡ʒin.ta/
Audio (Classical) (file)

Numeral

septuāgintā (indeclinable)

seventy; 70

Derived terms

Related terms

septem

Descendants

Asturian: setenta
Catalan: setanta
Dalmatian: septuanta
English: Septuagint
French: septante
Friulian: setante
Galician: setenta
Italian: settanta
Ladin: setanta

Occitan: setanta
Old French setante
Portuguese: setenta
Romansch: settanta, siatonta, satànta, settaunta
Sardinian: setanta
Sicilian: sittanta
Spanish: setenta
Venetian: setanta
Walloon: septante

References

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

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