novendecim
Latin
Alternative forms
- novemdecim
- Symbol: XIX
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /noˈwen.de.kim/, [nɔˈwɛn.dɛ.kĩ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /noˈven.de.t͡ʃim/
Numeral
novendecim (indeclinable)
- (cardinal, rare) nineteen; 19
- 1624, Francis Bacon, Nova Atlantis
- Tum vero adduxit ad cubicula visenda quae nobis parata erant, numera novendecim.
- 1649, Bernhardus Varenius, Descriptio Regni Iaponiae, XI
- Novendecim alii Domini, quorum quilibet habet annuos reditus
- 1624, Francis Bacon, Nova Atlantis
Usage notes
This form is rare, and is found primarily in bookish post-Classical Latin. The usual word for nineteen in Classical Latin is ūndēvīgintī.
Synonyms
See also
- Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers
References
- novendecim in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- novendecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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