duodecim - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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Latin numbers (edit)

← 11 XII12 13 → [a], [b], [c], [d]
Cardinal: duodecim Ordinal: duodecimus Adverbial: duodeciēs, duodeciēns Proportional: duodecuplus, duodecemplus, duodecimplus Multiplier: duodecuplex, duodecimplex, duodecemplex Distributive: duodēnus Collective: duodenarius, duodenum, duodena Fractional: ū̆ncia

From duo (“two”) +‎ decem (“ten”).

duodecim (indeclinable)

  1. twelve; 12
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.19:
      Atque omnium primum ad cursus lunae in duodecim menses discribit annum
      First of all he divided the year into twelve months, corresponding to the moon's revolutions
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Ioannes.20.24:
      Thomas autem unus ex duodecim qui dicitur Didymus non erat cum eis quando venit Iesus
      But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
  2. dozen

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