undesexaginta

Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
 ←  58 LIX
59		 60  → 
    Cardinal: ūndēsexāgintā
    Ordinal: ūndēsexāgēsimus

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: LIX

Etymology

Literally "one from sixty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + sexāgintā (“sixty”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /uːn.deː.sek.saːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eːs̠ɛks̠äːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /un.de.sek.saˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪es̬eɡzäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

ūndēsexāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. fifty-nine; 59

Usage notes

Although ūndēsexāgintā is the usual expression for 59, it is also possible to say quīnquāgintā novem (“fifty-nine”) or novem et quīnquāgintā (“nine and fifty”).

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References
  • “undesexaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “undesexaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • undesexaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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