undequinquaginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< XLVIII	XLIX	L >
Cardinal : ūndēquīnquāgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: XLIX or XXXXVIIII (pre-Renaissance)

Etymology

Literally "one from fifty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + quīnquāgintā (“fifty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.kʷiːn.kʷaːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn.deː.kᶣiːŋ.kʷaːˈɡɪn.taː]

Numeral

ūndēquīnquāgintā (indeclinable)

forty-nine; 49

Usage notes

Although ūndēquīnquāgintā is the usual expression for 49, it is also possible to say quadrāgintā novem (“forty-nine”) or novem et quadrāgintā (“nine and forty”).

Related terms

References

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

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