Latin

Alternative forms

• novendecim
• Symbol: XIX

Numeral

novemdecim ‎(indeclinable)

1. (cardinal, rare) nineteen; 19
   • 1714, Demetrius Cantemir, Descriptio Moldaviae, caput IV

     Posteaquam vero sequentibus temporibus Turcarum tyrannide oppressa esset Bassarabia Aronis principis perfidia tradita Tigine cum duabus partibus, novemdecim tantum regiones, neque hae integrae, hodiernis principibus remanserunt.

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

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