duodetriginta
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Latin[edit]
← 27 | XXVIII 28 |
29 → |
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Cardinal: duodētrīgintā Ordinal: duodētrīcēsimus Adverbial: duodētrīciēns |
Alternative forms[edit]
- Symbol: XXVIII
Etymology[edit]
Literally "two from thirty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + trīgintā (“thirty”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /du.o.deː.triːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eːt̪riːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /du.o.de.triˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪et̪riˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]
Numeral[edit]
duodētrīgintā (indeclinable)
- twenty-eight; 28
Usage notes[edit]
Although duodētrīgintā is the usual expression for 28, it is also possible to say vīgintī octō (“twenty-eight”) or octō et vīgintī (“eight and twenty”).
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “duodetriginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “duodetriginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duodetriginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.