octoginta

octoginta

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : octōgintā     Ordinal : octōgēsimus     Adverbial : *octōgiēns     Distributive : octōgēnī

Alternative forms

• Symbol: LXXX

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *oktōḱomt, from earlier *oḱto(w)-dḱomt (“eight-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [ɔk.toːˈɡɪn.taː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta/

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Numeral

octōgintā (indeclinable)

1. eighty; 80

Derived terms

• duodēoctōgintā
• ūndēoctōgintā

Related terms

• octō

Descendants

See the variant form octāgintā.

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

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