numbers in latin

[mayer.g...@gmail.com]

Hello:

How would you pronounce 3.45 in Latin? Would you use punctum for the
decimal point? Would you say something like tres punctum quattuor
quinque??

Thanks,

Mayer

[Caligula]

mayer.goldberg a écrit :

> How would you pronounce 3.45 in Latin?

III.XLV

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Caligula

[mayer.g...@gmail.com]

On Aug 31, 5:57 pm, "Caligula" <caius.calig...@club-internet.fr>
wrote:

> mayer.goldberg a écrit :
>
> > How would you pronounce 3.45 in Latin?
>
> III.XLV

Actually, "three point forty five" is incorrect in any language;
Otherwise, there is no difference between "three point forty five" and
"three point four hundred and fifty" and "three point four thousand
and five hundred".

What about the point? Would one use punctum?

Mayer

[Caligula]

mayer.goldberg a écrit :

> What about the point? Would one use punctum?

Roman did not know decimal numbers. In France we do not use the point but
the comma.

English 3.45
French 3,45

But Roman people did not have this way to count. The Roman comput was not
decimal, they did not know the nought.

--
Caligula

[Johannes Patruus]

Perhaps "tres virgula quadraginta quinque".

cf.
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22novem%20virgula%20septuaginta%20septem%22
&
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22nuntii%20latini%22%20virgula

But holy sarsaparilla! - what a mouthful!!

Patruus

[Jack O'Malley]

mayer.g...@gmail.com wrote in message
<1188571938.3...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>...

Tres et quadraginta quinque centesimae partes.

Regards,
Jack

[B. T. Raven]

This is certainly closer to the genius of the Latin language but, like the
Romans' quinary number system, it is too unwieldy (inhabile)for practical
use. For pi (3.1415926) to only seven places we would have tres et
quaterdecies centena millia et quindecim millia nongentae viginti sex
decimae millesimae millesimae partes or something like that...

or tres comma unum quattuor unum quinque novem duo sex

Comma seems older as a decimal separator than point and is ISO standard:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_point

Eduardus

[Sebastian Hew]

<mayer.g...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> Actually, "three point forty five" is incorrect in any language;

Not at all... '3,45' would be read 'trois virgule quarante-cinq' in French.

[Jack O'Malley]

B. T. Raven wrote in message ...

>Jack O'Malley wrote:
>> mayer.g...@gmail.com wrote in message
>> <1188571938.3...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>...
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> How would you pronounce 3.45 in Latin? Would you use punctum for the
>>> decimal point? Would you say something like tres punctum quattuor
>>> quinque??
>>
>> Tres et quadraginta quinque centesimae partes.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jack
>>
>>
>
>This is certainly closer to the genius of the Latin language but, like the
>Romans' quinary number system, it is too unwieldy (inhabile)for practical
>use. For pi (3.1415926) to only seven places we would have tres et
>quaterdecies centena millia et quindecim millia nongentae viginti sex
>decimae millesimae millesimae partes or something like that...
>
>or tres comma unum quattuor unum quinque novem duo sex
>

or pi as the Romans perhaps would have said it (if they said
it at all): tres.

or maybe tres et una septima pars or even tres et undecim
septuaginta septimae partes if they were feeling especially
quasi-transcendental.

Maybe that's what Archimedes was working out when
despatched by the Roman soldier - noli turbare calculos
meos. I don't remember now when the irrational nature
of pi was first discovered, never mind its transcendental
nature.

Regards,
Jack

[B. T. Raven]

The Indiana legislature (1897) almost made pi equal to about 3 by fiat.
Also, by dint of their deep insight into the nature of number the Indiani
have been able garner more than their fair share of Powerball jackpots.
What's with that?

Eduardus

[Jack O'Malley]

B. T. Raven wrote in message ...

>

>The Indiana legislature (1897) almost made pi equal to about 3 by fiat.
>Also, by dint of their deep insight into the nature of number the Indiani
>have been able garner more than their fair share of Powerball jackpots.
>What's with that?

I didn't know that. I thought the house was supposed to be honest.
Maybe that's only the free-market casinos not the government ones.
I will stop paying the "imbecile tax" forthwith.

Regards,
Jack