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Latin
Etymology
Literally "one from sixty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + sexāgintā (“sixty”)
Pronunciation
Numeral
ūndēsexāgintā (indeclinable)
- fifty-nine; 59
Usage notes
Although ūndēsexāgintā is the usual expression for 59, it is also possible to say quīnquāgintā novem (“fifty-nine”) or novem et quīnquāgintā (“nine and fifty”).
See also
References
- “undesexaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “undesexaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- undesexaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.