duodetriginta

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Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
 ←  27 XXVIII
28 		29  → 
    Cardinal: duodētrīgintā, vīgintī octō
    Ordinal: duodētrīcēsimus, octāvus et vīcēsimus, vīcēsimus octāvus
    Adverbial: duodētrīciēs, duodētrīciēns

Alternative forms

  • Symbol: XXVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from thirty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + trīgintā (“thirty”)

Pronunciation

Numeral

duodētrīgintā (indeclinable)

  1. twenty-eight; 28

Usage notes

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”).

See also

References

  • “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.
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