sexaginta

Latin
Latin cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : sexāgintā
    Ordinal : sexāgēsimus
    Adverbial : sexāgiēns
    Distributive : sexāgēnī

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: LX

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sek.saːˈɡin.taː/, [sɛk.saːˈɡɪn.taː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sek.saˈd͡ʒin.ta/
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Numeral

sexāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. sixty; 60

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References
  • 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
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