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Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
← 11
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XII 12
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13 → [a], [b], [c], [d]
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Cardinal: duodecim Ordinal: duodecimus Adverbial: duodeciēs, duodeciēns Proportional: duodecuplus, duodecemplus, duodecimplus Multiplier: duodecuplex, duodecimplex, duodecemplex Distributive: duodēnus Collective: duodenarius, duodenum, duodena Fractional: ū̆ncia
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Etymology
From duo (“two”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
duodecim (indeclinable)
- twelve; 12
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 1.19:
- Atque omnium primum ad cursus lunae in duodecim menses discribit annum
- First of all he divided the year into twelve months, corresponding to the moon's revolutions
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Ioannes.20.24:
- Thomas autem unus ex duodecim qui dicitur Didymus non erat cum eis quando venit Iesus
- But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
- dozen
Derived terms
Descendants
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See also
References
- “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duodecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.