sexaginta

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Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
600[a], [b]
 ←  50  ←  59 LX
60 		61  →  70  → 
6
    Cardinal: sexāgintā
    Ordinal: sexāgēsimus
    Adverbial: sexāgiēns, sexāgiēs
    Distributive: sexāgēnus

Alternative forms

  • Symbol: LX

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱsḱomt, from earlier *swéḱsdḱomt (“six-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta).

Pronunciation

Numeral

sexāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. sixty; 60

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References

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