numeral
duodeoctōgintā
duodeoctōgintā (indeclinable)
Classical[du.ɔ.de.ɔk.toːˈɡɪn.taː]Ecclesiastical[du.o.de.ok.toˈd͡ʒin.ta]
Meaning
- indeclinableseventy-eight; 78
dŭŏ-dē-octōginta,
I. card. num., seventy-eight, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 62.
Origins
Literally "two from eighty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + octōgintā (“eighty”)