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Latin should be begun as early as possible--at a time when inflected speech seems no more astonishing than any other phenomenon in an astonishing world; and when the chanting of "Amo, amas, amat" is as ritually agreeable to the feelings as the chanting of "eeny, meeny, miney, moe." Read "The Lost Tools of Learning"

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Latin Primer - numbers #1

Lesson #1
One of the first things you need to know about is numbers.
Below is a list of numbers in the different forms that they can come in.
Many church records use the Ordinal form with an 'o' at the end.
For example, septimo for the 7th, decimo for the 10th and vicessimo for the 20th.



Cardinal
Ordinal


1 unus 1st primus primo
2 duo, duea 2nd secondus secundo
3 tres, tria 3rd tertius tertio
4 quattuor 4th quatrus quarto
5 quinque 5th quintus quinto
6 sex 6th sextus sexto
7 septem 7th septimus septimo
8 octo 8th octavus octavo
9 novem 9th nonus nono
10 decem 10th decimus decimo
11 undecim 11th undecimus unidecimo
12 dudecim 12th duodecimus duodecimo
13 tredecim 13th tertius decimus tertio decimo
14 quattuordecim 14th quartus decimus quarto decimo
15 qundecim 15th quntius decimus quinto decimo
16 sedecim 16th sextus decimus sexto decimo
17 setemdecim 17th septimus decimus septimo decimo
18 odeviginti 18th duo devicesmus duodevicesimo
19 undeviginti 19th undeviceimus unodevicesimo
20 viginti 20th vicesimus or vigesimus vicesimo
21 viginti unus 21st viceimus primus vicesimo primo
22 viginti duo 22nd vicesimus secundus vicesimo secundo
23 viginti tre 23rd vicesimus tertius vicesimo tertio
24 viginti quattuor 24th viceimus quatrus vicesimo quarto
25 viginti quinque 25th vicesimus quintus vicesimo quinto
26 viginti sex 26th vicesimus sextus vicesmo sexto
27 viginti septem 27th vicesimus septimus vicesmo septimo
28 viginti octo 28th vicesimus octavus, dueodetricesimus dueodetriceimo
29 viginti novem 29th vicesimus nonus, undetericemimus undetericesimo
30 trigenta 30th tricesimus tricesimo
31 tiginta unus, unus et triginta 31st triceimus primus, unus et tricesimus tricesimo primo
40 quandraginta 40th quandragesimus
50 quinquaginta 50th quinquagerimus

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