Latin

Alternative forms

• Symbol: LXXIX

Numeral

ūndēoctōgintā ‎(indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) seventy-nine; 79

Usage notes

Although ūndēoctōgintā is the usual expression for 79, it is also possible to say septuāgintā novem ‎(“seventy-nine”) or novem et septuāgintā ‎(“nine and seventy”).

Related terms

• duodēoctōgintā
• octōgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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