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Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
← 15
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XVI 16
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17 → [a], [b], [c], [d]
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Cardinal: sēdecim, sexdicim, sexdecim Ordinal: sextusdecimus, sextus decimus Adverbial: sēdeciēs, sēdeciēns, sexdecies Proportional: sēdecuplus, sexdecuplus, sesdecuplus Distributive: sēnus dēnus, dēnus sēnus
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Etymology
From sex (“six”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
sēdecim (indeclinable)
- sixteen; 16
c. 100 CE – 110 CE,
Tacitus,
Histories 3.2:
- nunc sedecim alarum coniuncta signa pulsu sonituque et nube ipsa operient ac superfundent oblitos proeliorum equites equosque
- Now the united standards of sixteen squadrons will bury and overwhelm with the crash and din and storm of their onset these horses and horsemen that have forgotten how to fight.
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Genesis.46.18:
- hii filii Zelphae quam dedit Laban Liae filiae suae et hos genuit Iacob sedecim animas
- These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Derived terms
Descendants
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- Insular Romance:
See also
References
- “sedecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sedecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.