duodequinquaginta

Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
 ←  47 XLVIII
48		 49  → 
    Cardinal: duodēquīnquāgintā
    Ordinal: duodēquīnquāgēsimus
    Distributive: duodēquīnquāgēnus

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: XLVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from fifty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + quīnquāgintā (“fifty”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /du.o.deː.kʷiːn.kʷaːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eːkʷiːŋkʷäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /du.o.de.kwin.kwaˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪ekwiŋkwäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

duodēquīnquāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. forty-eight; 48

Usage notes

Although duodēquīnquāgintā is the usual expression for 48, it is also possible to say quadrāgintā octō (“forty-eight”) or octō et quadrāgintā (“eight and forty”).

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References
  • “duodequinquaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • duodequinquaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • duodequinquaginta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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