sedecim
Latin
edit← 15 | XVI 16 |
17 → [a], [b], [c], [d] |
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Cardinal: sēdecim, sexdicim, sexdecim Ordinal: sextusdecimus, sextus decimus Adverbial: sēdeciēs, sēdeciēns, sexdecies Proportional: sēdecuplus, sexdecuplus, sesdecuplus Distributive: sēnus dēnus, dēnus sēnus |
Alternative forms
edit- Symbol: XVI
Etymology
editFrom sex (“six”) + decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈseː.de.kim/, [ˈs̠eːd̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.de.t͡ʃim/, [ˈsɛːd̪et͡ʃim]
Numeral
editsēdecim (indeclinable)
- sixteen; 16
- c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 3.2:
- nunc sedecim alarum coniuncta signa pulsu sonituque et nube ipsa operient ac superfundent oblitos proeliorum equites equosque
- Now the united standards of sixteen squadrons will bury and overwhelm with the crash and din and storm of their onset these horses and horsemen that have forgotten how to fight.
- nunc sedecim alarum coniuncta signa pulsu sonituque et nube ipsa operient ac superfundent oblitos proeliorum equites equosque
Derived terms
editDescendants
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See also
editReferences
edit- “sedecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sedecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.