nonaginta

Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
900
[a], [b]   80  ←  89 XC
90
91  →  100  → 
9
    Cardinal: nōnāgintā, *nōvāgintā
    Ordinal: nōnāgēsimus
    Adverbial: nōnāgiēns
    Distributive: nōnāgēnī

Alternative forms

  • Symbol: XC

Etymology

From earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /noː.naːˈɡin.taː/, [noːnäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /no.naˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [nonäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

nōnāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. ninety; 90

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

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