nonaginta

Latin
Latin cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : nōnāgintā
    Ordinal : nōnāgēsimus
    Adverbial : nōnāgiēns
    Distributive : nōnāgēnī

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: XC

Etymology

From earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt (“nine tens”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /noː.naːˈɡin.taː/, [noː.naːˈɡɪn.taː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /no.naˈd͡ʒin.ta/
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Numeral

nōnāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. ninety; 90

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

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