undetriginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< XXVIII	XXIX	XXX >
Cardinal : ūndētrīgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: XXIX

Etymology

Literally "one from thirty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + trīgintā (“thirty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.triːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn.deː.triːˈɡɪn.taː]

Numeral

ūndētrīgintā (indeclinable)

twenty-nine; 29

Usage notes

Although ūndētrīgintā is the usual expression for 29, it is also possible to say vīgintī novem (“twenty-nine”) or novem et vīgintī (“nine and twenty”).

Related terms

duodētrīgintā
trīgintā

References

undetriginta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
undetriginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette