duodecim
Latin
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Cardinal : duodecim Ordinal : duodecimus | ||
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Alternative forms
- Symbol: XII
Etymology
From duo (“two”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /duˈo.de.kim/, [dʊˈɔ.dɛ.kĩ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /duˈo.de.t͡ʃim/, [duˈoː.de.t͡ʃim]
Numeral
duodecim (indeclinable)
- twelve; 12
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 1.19:
- Atque omnium primum ad cursus lunae in duodecim menses discribit annum
- First of all he divided the year into twelve months, corresponding to the moon's revolutions
- Atque omnium primum ad cursus lunae in duodecim menses discribit annum
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Ioannes.20.24:
- Thomas autem unus ex duodecim qui dicitur Didymus non erat cum eis quando venit Iesus
- But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
- Thomas autem unus ex duodecim qui dicitur Didymus non erat cum eis quando venit Iesus
Derived terms
- duodecennis (Late Latin)
Related terms
- duodenī
Descendants
- Aragonese: dotze
- Asturian: doce
- Catalan: dotze
- Dalmatian: dotco
- Corsican: dòdeci
- English: dozen
- French: douze
- Friulian: dodis
- Galician: doce
- German: Dutzend
- Italian: dodici
- Ladin: dodesc
- Occitan: dotze
- Old Portuguese: doze
- Portuguese: doze
- Romansch: dudesch
- Sardinian: dóghi
- Sicilian: dùdici
- Spanish: doce
- Venetian: dódexe
- Walloon: doze
See also
- Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers
References
- duodecim in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- duodecim in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duodecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette