Latin

Alternative forms

• novemdecim
• Symbol: XIX

Numeral

novendecim ‎(indeclinable)

1. (cardinal, rare) nineteen; 19
   • 1624, Francis Bacon, Nova Atlantis

     Tum vero adduxit ad cubicula visenda quae nobis parata erant, numera novendecim.

   • 1649, Bernhardus Varenius, Descriptio Regni Iaponiae, XI

     Novendecim alii Domini, quorum quilibet habet annuos reditus

Usage notes

This form is rare, and is found primarily in bookish post-Classical Latin. The usual word for nineteen in Classical Latin is ūndēvīgintī.

Synonyms

• ūndēvīgintī

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• novendecim in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “novendecim”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.