duodeoctoginta

Latin

**Latin numbers ^(edit)**
← 77	LXXVIII 78	79 →
Cardinal: duodeoctōgintā

Alternative forms

Symbol: LXXVIII

Etymology

Literally "two from eighty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.ok.toːˈɡin.taː/, [d̪uɔd̪eɔkt̪oːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [d̪uod̪eokt̪oˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

duodeoctōgintā (indeclinable)

seventy-eight; 78

Usage notes

Although duodeoctōgintā is the usual expression for 78, it is also possible to say septuāgintā octō (“seventy-eight”) or octō et septuāgintā (“eight and seventy”).

Related terms

References

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

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