duodetriginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< XXVII	XXVIII	XXIX >
Cardinal : duodētrīgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: XXVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from thirty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + trīgintā (“thirty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /du.o.deː.triːˈɡin.taː/, [dʊ.ɔ.deː.triːˈɡɪn.taː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.triˈd͡ʒin.ta/

Numeral

duodētrīgintā (indeclinable)

twenty-eight; 28

Usage notes

Although duodētrīgintā is the usual expression for 28, it is also possible to say vīgintī octō (“twenty-eight”) or octō et vīgintī (“eight and twenty”).

Related terms

trīgintā
ūndētrīgintā

References

duodetriginta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
duodetriginta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
duodetriginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette