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Latin
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Etymology
Literally "one from eighty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)
Pronunciation
Numeral
ūndeoctōgintā (indeclinable)
- seventy-nine; 79
Usage notes
Although ūndeoctōgintā is the usual expression for 79, it is also possible to say septuāgintā novem (“seventy-nine”) or novem et septuāgintā (“nine and seventy”).
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References
- “undeoctoginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “undeoctoginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- undeoctoginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.