quadraginta
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Latin
| 400 | ||||
| ← 30 | ← 39 | XL 40 |
41 → | 50 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||||
| Cardinal: quadrāgintā Ordinal: quadrāgēsimus Adverbial: quadrāgiēns, quadrāgiēs Distributive: quadrāgēnus | ||||
Alternative forms
- Symbol: XL
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷétwr̥dḱomt (“four-ten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τετρώκοντα (tetrṓkonta) and Sanskrit चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśát).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷa.draːˈɡin.taː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa.draˈd͡ʒin.ta/,
Numeral
quadrāgintā (indeclinable)
- forty; 40
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Most reflect the late form quarranta, with a notable exception in Iberia.
See also
References
- “quadraginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadraginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadraginta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- quadraginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.