![]() ![]() ![]() The adjective alter, altera, alterum meaning 'other ' was more frequently used in many instances where English would use 'second'. Note: secundus only means 'second' in the sense of 'following'. When declining two-word ordinals (thirteenth onwards), both words decline to match in gender, number and case. Ordinal numerals all decline like normal first- and second-declension adjectives. 'not further than 10 miles from the town' Ordinal numerals non longius ab oppidō X mīlibus (Caesar).When the number is plural, the genitive passuum is sometimes omitted: 'whoever compels you to walk a mile, go with him another two' quīcumque tē angariāverit mīlle passūs, vade cum illō et alia duo (Vulgate Bible).Mīlle passūs '1000 paces' (plural mīlia passuum) is the Latin for a mile: 'accompanied by six thousand(s) (of) cavalrymen' When it is plural, the noun it refers to is put in the genitive case: mīllia aliquantō plūra quam trecenta (Augustus).'give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred' dā mī bāsia mīlle, deinde centum (Catullus).Mīlle '1000' is indeclinable in the singular but variable in the plural: 'they divide the whole thing into two parts' dīvidunt tōtam rem in duās partīs (Cicero).'let us value them (at the value) of a single as!' omnēs ūnius aestimēmus assis (Catullus).The first three numbers have masculine, feminine and neuter forms fully declined as follows (click on GL or Wh to change the table to the American order as found in Gildersleeve and Lodge, or Wheelock): Ūnus 'one' declines like a pronoun and has genitive ūnīus (or ūnius) and dative ūnī: change their endings for gender and grammatical case. regnāvit Ancus annōs quattuor et vīgintī (Livy).Most numbers are invariable and do not change their endings: Numbers may either precede or follow their noun (see Latin word order). Numbers ending in 8 or 9 are usually named in subtractive manner: duodētrīgintā, ūndēquadrāgintā. The word order in the numerals from 21 to 99 may be inverted: ūnus et vīgintī. Et is not used when there are more than two words in a compound numeral: centum trīgintā quattuor. The conjunction et between numerals can be omitted: vīgintī ūnus, centum ūnus. Quadringentī, quadringentae, quadringenta The cardinal numerals are the ordinary numbers used for counting ordinary nouns ('one', 'two', 'three' and so on): Some of those sets are shown in the tables below. The Latin language had several sets of number words used for various purposes. ![]()
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