LATIN NUMBERS Potesne Latn numerre Numer Latn nus

LATIN NUMBERS

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Numerī Latīnī • ūnus I prīmus • duo II secundus • trēs III tertius • quattuor • quīnque • • sex IV quārtus V quīntus VI sextus

• septem VII septimus • octō VIII octāvus • novem IX nōnus • decem X decimus • ūndecim XI ūndecimus • duodecim XII duodecimus

• • ūndecim XI ūndecimus duodecim XII duodecimus tredecim XIII tertius decimus quattuordecim XIV quārtus decimus quīndecim XV quīntus decimus sēdecim XVI sextus decimus septendecim XVII septimus decimus • duodēvīgintī XVIII duodēvīcēsimus • ūndēvīgintī XIX ūndēvīcēsimus

• • • vīgintī ūnus vīgintī duo vīgintī trēs vīgintī quattuor vīgintī quīnque trīgintā quadrāgintā quīnquāgintā sexāgintā septuāgintā XXI vīcēsimus prīmus XXII vīcēsimus secundus XXIII vīcēsimus tertius XXIV vīcēsimus quārtus XXV vīcēsimus quīntus XXX trīcēsimus XL quadrāgēsimus L quīnquāgēsimus LX sexāgēsimus LXX septuāgēsimus

• • • octōgintā nōnāgintā centum ducentī quīngentī mīlle • duo mīlia LXXX XC C CC D M octōgēsimus nōnāgēsimus cent ēsimus ducentēsimus quīngentēsimus mīllēsimus MM bis mīllēsimus

ALTERNATIVES FOR 18 AND 19 • The forms already given (duodēvīgintī, ūndēvīgintī are the more common ones but there also alternatives formed in the same way as 11 -17 – octōdecim and ūndēvīgintī. • The ordinals from these forms are octāvus decimus and nōnus decimus

The Number System • The numbers 1 -3 change their endings in the same way as other adjectives but with some irregularities. • Multiples of a hundred from 200 to 900 are declined like the plural of bonus – ducentī puerī ducentae puellae ducenta templa – 200 boys 200 girls 200 temples • mīlia (thousands) is a plural 3 rd. declension neuter noun and followed by the genitive plural – septem mīlia puerōrum – 7, 000 boys • cum decem mīlibus puellārum with 10, 000 girls All other numbers (including the singular centum (100) and mīlle (1000) are used as indeclinable adjectives – mīlle puerī mīlle puellae centum templa centum agricolis – 1000 boys 1000 girls 100 temples for 100 farmers • Ordinal numbers (prīmus etc. ) are regular adjectives on the pattern of bonus – in prīmā lectiōne – in the first lesson diē tertiō mēnsis Octōbris on the 3 rd of October

ENDINGS FOR ŪNUS (with `pronominal endings’ in Genitive and dative) Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ūnus ūna ūnum Accusative ūnum ūnam ūnum Genitive ūnīus Dative ūnī ūnī Ablative ūnō ūnā ūnō

ENDINGS FOR DUO Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative duo duae duo Accusative duōs duās duo Genitive duōrum duārum duōrum Dative duōbus duābus duōbus Ablative duōbus duābus duōbus

ENDINGS FOR TRĒS Masc. /Fem. Neuter Nominative trēs tria Accusative trēs tria Genitive trium Dative tribus Ablative tribus