sexaginta

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

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: LX

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sek.saːˈɡin.taː/, [s̠ɛks̠äːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sek.saˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [seɡzäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

sexāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. sixty; 60

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

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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