octoginta

Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
800
 ←  70  ←  79 LXXX
80
81  →  90  → 
8
    Cardinal: octōgintā, octāgintā
    Ordinal: octōgēsimus
    Adverbial: octōgiēns, octōgiēs
    Distributive: octōgēnus

Alternative forms

  • Symbol: LXXX

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *oktōḱomt, from earlier *oḱto(w)-dḱomt (eight-ten). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta).

Pronunciation

Numeral

octōgintā (indeclinable)

  1. eighty; 80

Derived terms

Descendants

See the variant form octāgintā.

See also

  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

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