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Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
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XVIII
18
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19 → [a], [b], [c]
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Cardinal: duodēvīgintī, octōdecim, ogdecim
Ordinal: duodēvīcēsimus, decimus octāvus, octāvus decimus, octōdecimus
Adverbial: octodecies
Proportional: octodecuplus
Distributive: duodēvīcēnus
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Etymology
From octō (“eight”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
octōdecim (indeclinable)
- (rare) eighteen; 18
Usage notes
This form is rare, and is found primarily in bookish post-Classical Latin. The usual word for eighteen in Classical Latin is duodēvīgintī, whereas modern Romance languages descend from the form decim et octō.
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References
- “octodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “octodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- octodecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.