novemdecim

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c], [d] ←  18	XIX 19	20  →
Cardinal: ūndēvīgintī, novemdecim, novendecim     Ordinal: ūndēvīcēsimus, nōnus decimus, novemdecimus, novendecimus     Distributive: ūndēvīcēnus

Alternative forms

• novendecim
• Symbol: XIX

Etymology

From novem (“nine”) + decem (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nɔˈwɛn.dɛ.kĩː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [noˈvɛn̪.d̪e.t͡ʃim]

Numeral

novemdecim (indeclinable)

1. (rare) nineteen; 19
   • 1714, Demetrius Cantemir, Descriptio Moldaviae, caput IV

     Posteaquam vero sequentibus temporibus Turcarum tyrannide oppressa esset Bassarabia Aronis principis perfidia tradita Tigine cum duabus partibus, novemdecim tantum regiones, neque hae integrae, hodiernis principibus remanserunt.

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Usage notes

This form is rare, and is found primarily in bookish post-Classical Latin. The usual word for nineteen in Classical Latin is ūndēvīgintī.

Synonyms

• ūndēvīgintī

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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