undesexaginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< LVIII	LIX	LX >
Cardinal : ūndēsexāgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: LIX

Etymology

Literally "one from sixty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + sexāgintā (“sixty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.sek.saːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn.deː.sɛk.saːˈɡɪn.taː]

Numeral

ūndēsexāgintā (indeclinable)

fifty-nine; 59

Usage notes

Although ūndēsexāgintā is the usual expression for 59, it is also possible to say quīnquāgintā novem (“fifty-nine”) or novem et quīnquāgintā (“nine and fifty”).

Related terms

duodēsexāgintā
sexāgintā

References

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