novendecim

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  18	XIX 19	20  →
Cardinal: ūndēvīgintī, novemdecim, novendecim     Ordinal: ūndēvīcēsimus, novemdecimus, novendecimus

Alternative forms

• novemdecim
• Symbol: XIX

Etymology

From novem (“nine”) + decem (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /noˈu̯en.de.kim/, [noˈu̯ɛn̪d̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈven.de.t͡ʃim/, [noˈvɛn̪d̪et͡ʃim]

Numeral

novendecim (indeclinable)

1. (rare) nineteen; 19
   • 1624, Francis Bacon, Nova Atlantis:

     Tum vero adduxit ad cubicula visenda quae nobis parata erant, numera novendecim.

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   • 1649, Bernhardus Varenius, Descriptio Regni Iaponiae, section XI:

     Novendecim alii Domini, quorum quilibet habet annuos reditus

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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, whereas modern Romance languages descend from the form decim et novem.

Synonyms

• ūndēvīgintī

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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