undequadraginta

Latin

**Latin cardinal numbers**
< XXXVIII	XXXIX	XL >
Cardinal : ūndēquadrāgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: XXXIX

Etymology

Literally "one from forty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + quadrāgintā (“forty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.kʷa.draːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn.deː.kʷa.draːˈɡɪn.taː]

Numeral

ūndēquadrāgintā (indeclinable)

(cardinal) thirty-nine; 39

Usage notes

Although ūndēquadrāgintā is the usual expression for 39, it is also possible to say trīgintā novem (“thirty-nine”) or novem et trīgintā (“nine and thirty”).

Related terms

References

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

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