undeoctoginta

Latin
Latin cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ūndēoctōgintā

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: LXXIX

Etymology

Literally "one from eighty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /uːn.deː.ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn.deː.ɔk.toːˈɡɪn.taː]

Numeral

ūndēoctōgintā (indeclinable)

  1. seventy-nine; 79

Usage notes

Although ūndēoctōgintā is the usual expression for 79, it is also possible to say septuāgintā novem (“seventy-nine”) or novem et septuāgintā (“nine and seventy”).

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

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