Help with Latin enumeration
alan williams
Hullo linguists!
Would someone help me with a simple Latin translation problem?
I need to enumerate fractions in Latin, or rather in anglicised
Latin. I'm OK up to 20, for example:
octo octile an eighth part
decem decile a tenth part
quindecim quindecile a fifteenth part
viginti vigintile a twentieth part
but my Latin is too rusty to get me past twenty! So I need to
know the Latin for twenty-one through to twenty-nine. Thanks.
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Alan Williams ... alco{at}pentile.demon.co.uk
Caligula
williams) wrote:
>
> Hullo linguists!
>
> Would someone help me with a simple Latin translation problem?
> I need to enumerate fractions in Latin, or rather in anglicised
> Latin. I'm OK up to 20, for example:
>
> octo octile an eighth part
> decem decile a tenth part
> quindecim quindecile a fifteenth part
> viginti vigintile a twentieth part
Latin fractions were :
As = 12/12 = 1
Deunx = 11/12
Dextans = 10/12 = 5/6
Dodrans = 9/12 = 3/4
Bes = 8/12 = 2/3
Septunx = 7/12
Semis = 6/12 = 1/2
Quincunx = 5/12
Triens = 4/12 = 1/3
Quadrans = 3/12 = 1/4
Sextans = 2/12 = 1/6
Sescuncia = 3/12.2 = 1/8
Uncia = 1/12 (The English inch)
Semuncia = 1/12.2 = 1/24
Duella = 1/12.3 = 1/36
Sicilicus = 1/124.4 = 1/48
Sextula = 1/12.6 = 1/72
Scripulum = 1/12.24 = 1/288
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Caligula.
alan williams
Caligula <caius.c...@caramail.com> wrote:
Thanks, but that wasn't quite what I meant, although it's
interesting to see the use of "Quincunx" which will help
me date some material.
In English, the word "decile" means a tenth, and comes from
the Latin "decem"; similarly, a "duodecile" means a twelfth,
and comes from the Latin "duodecim".
I just need to know the Latin for twenty-one to twenty-nine;
for example, if twenty-four in Latin is constructed as
"vigintiquattuor" (and that's what I can't remember)
then the equivalent English word meaning a twenty-fourth
would be "vigintiquadrile", and so on.
> --
> Caligula.
Caligula
> In English, the word "decile" means a tenth, and comes from
> the Latin "decem"; similarly, a "duodecile" means a twelfth,
> and comes from the Latin "duodecim".
Oups, I'm sorry but I did'nt understand.
> I just need to know the Latin for twenty-one to twenty-nine;
21 = unus (a, um) et viginti or viginti unus (a,um)
22 = duo (ae, o) et viginti or viginti duo (ae,o)
23 = tres (tria) et viginti or viginti tres (tria)
24 = quattuor et viginti or viginti quattuor
[...]
29 = novem et viginti or viginti novem.
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Caligula.
alan williams
Caligula <caius.c...@caramail.com> wrote:
Great, that's just what I needed. Thanks!
Simon Magid
<caius.c...@caramail.com> wrote:
>alan williams wrote:
>
>> In English, the word "decile" means a tenth, and comes from
>> the Latin "decem"; similarly, a "duodecile" means a twelfth,
>> and comes from the Latin "duodecim".
>
>Oups, I'm sorry but I did'nt understand.
>
>> I just need to know the Latin for twenty-one to twenty-nine;
>
>21 = unus (a, um) et viginti or viginti unus (a,um)
>22 = duo (ae, o) et viginti or viginti duo (ae,o)
>23 = tres (tria) et viginti or viginti tres (tria)
>24 = quattuor et viginti or viginti quattuor
>[...]
>29 = novem et viginti or viginti novem.
Er. I'm not sure about this, I think it changes around 28. I think 28
is supposed to be duo-de-triginta (two-from-thirty) and that 29 is
un-de-triginta (one-from-thirty). Or am I off base?
Simon
John Sullivan
Simon Magid <tali...@inet.uni2.dk>
from what i remember both are acceptable and were used.
>
>Simon
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