nonaginta

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Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
900
[a], [b], [c] ←  80  ←  89 XC
90
91  →  100  → 
9
    Cardinal: nōnāgintā
    Ordinal: nōnāgēsimus
    Adverbial: nōnāgiēns
    Proportional: nōnāgecuplus
    Distributive: nōnāgēnus

Alternative forms

  • Symbol: XC

Etymology

From earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Italic *nounagm̥ta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta).

Pronunciation

Numeral

nōnāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. ninety; 90

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References

  • nonaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nonaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nonaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.