undecim

Latin
Latin cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ūndecim
    Ordinal : ūndecimus
    Adverbial : ūndeciēs
    Multiplier : undecuplus, undecuplex, undecimplus,
                  undecimplex, undecemplus, undecemplex
    Distributive : undēnī
    Fractional : ūndecimus
Latin Wikipedia article on ūndecim

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: XI

Etymology

From earlier *oinodecem, from Proto-Indo-European *óynom déḱm̥t, corresponding to ūnus (“one”) + decem (“ten”),

Pronunciation

Numeral

ūndecim (indeclinable)

  1. eleven; 11
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 27:
      ubi et ipse Cn. Fuluius cum undecim tribunis militum cecidit
      It was here that Cn. Fulvius fell together with eleven military tribunes.
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Actus Apostolorum.2.22:
      stans autem Petrus cum undecim levavit vocem suam et locutus est eis viri iudaei et qui habitatis Hierusalem universi hoc vobis notum sit et auribus percipite verba mea
      But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

Descendants

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

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