octoginta

Latin
Latin cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : octōgintā
    Ordinal : octōgēsimus
    Adverbial : *octōgiēns
    Distributive : octōgēnī

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: LXXX

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *oktōḱomt, from earlier *oḱto(w)-dḱomt (“eight-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [ɔk.toːˈɡɪn.taː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta/
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Numeral

octōgintā (indeclinable)

  1. eighty; 80

Derived terms

Descendants

See the variant form octāgintā.

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

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