undeoctoginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< LXXVIII	LXXIX	LXXX >
Cardinal : ūndēoctōgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: LXXIX

Etymology

Literally "one from eighty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn.deː.ɔk.toːˈɡɪn.taː]

Numeral

ūndēoctōgintā (indeclinable)

seventy-nine; 79

Usage notes

Although ūndēoctōgintā is the usual expression for 79, it is also possible to say septuāgintā novem (“seventy-nine”) or novem et septuāgintā (“nine and seventy”).

Related terms

duodēoctōgintā
octōgintā

References

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