quinquaginta
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Latin[edit]
| 500 | ||||
| ← 40 | ← 49 | L 50 |
51 → | 60 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | ||||
| Cardinal: quīnquāgintā Ordinal: quīnquāgēsimus Adverbial: quīnquāgiēns Distributive: quīnquāgēnus | ||||
Alternative forms[edit]
- Symbol: L
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷēḱomt, from earlier *pénkʷedḱomt (“five-ten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) and Sanskrit पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśát).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiːn.kʷaːˈɡin.taː/, [kʷiːŋkʷäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwin.kwaˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [kwiŋkwäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]
Numeral[edit]
quīnquāgintā (indeclinable)
- fifty; 50
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Vulgar Latin: cīnquāgintā (see there for further descendants)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “quinquaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quinquaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quinquaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.