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quinquaginta

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Latin

More information L 50 ...

Alternative forms

  • Symbol: L

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷēḱomt, from earlier *pénkʷedḱomt (five-ten). Cognates include Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) and Sanskrit पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśát).

Pronunciation

Numeral

quīnquāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. fifty; 50

Derived terms

Descendants

Reflexes of the dissimilated variant cīnquāgintā:

See also

References

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