undequadraginta

Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
 ←  38 XXXIX
39		 40  → 
    Cardinal: ūndēquadrāgintā
    Ordinal: ūndēquadrāgēsimus
    Adverbial: ūndēquadrāgiēns

Alternative forms
  • Symbol: XXXIX

Etymology

Literally "one from forty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + quadrāgintā (“forty”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /uːn.deː.kʷa.draːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eːkʷäd̪räːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /un.de.kwa.draˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪ekwäd̪räˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

ūndēquadrāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. thirty-nine; 39

Usage notes

Although ūndēquadrāgintā is the usual expression for 39, it is also possible to say trīgintā novem (“thirty-nine”) or novem et trīgintā (“nine and thirty”).

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

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