Latin

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Latin numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  98 XCIX
99
100  → 
    Cardinal: nōnāgintā novem, novem et nōnāgintā, ūndēcentum
    Ordinal: nōnāgēsimus nōnus, ūndēcentēsimus

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  • Symbol: XCIX

Etymology

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Literally "one from one hundred"; ūnus (one) + (from) + centum (hundred)

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ūndēcentum (indeclinable)

  1. ninety-nine; 99
    • 77-78Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book VII, section 214
      nec congruēbant ad hōrās eius līneae, pāruērunt tamen eī annīs ūndēcentum, ...
      Although the threads did not come together for those hours, they were evident those ninety-nine years, ...

Usage notes

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Alternative form to nōnāgintā novem (ninety-nine) and novem et nōnāgintā (nine and ninety). The only Classical attestation is from Pliny the Elder.

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See also

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References

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