quinquaginta

Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
500
 ←  40  ←  49 L
50		 51  →  60  → 
5[a], [b]
    Cardinal: quīnquāgintā, cīnquāgintā
    Ordinal: quīnquāgēsimus
    Adverbial: quīnquāgiēns
    Distributive: quīnquāgēnī

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: L

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷēḱomt, from earlier *pénkʷedḱomt (“five-ten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) and Sanskrit पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśát).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiːn.kʷaːˈɡin.taː/, [kʷiːŋkʷäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwin.kwaˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [kwiŋkwäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

quīnquāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. fifty; 50

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Vulgar Latin: cīnquāgintā (see there for further descendants)

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

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