Latin

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XXXVIII

Numeral

duodēquadrāgintā ‎(indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) thirty-eight; 38

Usage notes

Although duodēquadrāgintā is the usual expression for 38, it is also possible to say trīgintā octō ‎(“thirty-eight”) or octō et trīgintā ‎(“eight and thirty”).

Related terms

• quadrāgintā
• ūndēquadrāgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• duodequadraginta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• duodequadraginta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “duodequadraginta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.