undenonaginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< LXXXVIII	LXXXIX	XC >
Cardinal : ūndēnōnāgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: LXXXIX

Etymology

Literally "one from ninety"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + nōnāgintā (“ninety”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.noː.naːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn.deː.noː.naːˈɡɪn.taː]

Numeral

ūndēnōnāgintā (indeclinable)

eighty-nine; 89

Usage notes

Although ūndēnōnāgintā is the usual expression for 89, it is also possible to say octōgintā novem (“eighty-nine”) or novem et octōgintā (“nine and eighty”).

Related terms

duodēnōnāgintā
nōnāgintā

References

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