duodesexaginta

Latin

**Latin numbers ^(edit)**
← 57	LVIII 58	59 →
Cardinal: duodēsexāgintā Ordinal: duodēsexāgēsimus

Alternative forms

Symbol: LVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from sixty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + sexāgintā (“sixty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /du.o.deː.sek.saːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eːs̠ɛks̠äːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.sek.saˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪es̬eɡzäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

duodēsexāgintā (indeclinable)

fifty-eight; 58

Usage notes

Although duodēsexāgintā is the usual expression for 58, it is also possible to say quīnquāgintā octō (“fifty-eight”) or octō et quīnquāgintā (“eight and fifty”).

Related terms

References

“duodesexaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
duodesexaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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