sexaginta
Latin
    
| 600[a], [b] | ||||
| ← 50 | ← 59 | LX 60  | 
61 → | 70 → | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | ||||
|     Cardinal: sexāgintā Ordinal: sexāgēsimus Adverbial: sexāgiēns, sexāgiēs Distributive: sexāgēnus  | ||||
Alternative forms
    
- Symbol: LX
 
Etymology
    
From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱsḱomt, from earlier *swéḱsdḱomt (“six-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sek.saːˈɡin.taː/, [s̠ɛks̠äːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
 - (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sek.saˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [seɡzäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]
 
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See also
    
- Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals
 
References
    
- “sexaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 - “sexaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
 - sexaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
 
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