numeral
duodētrīgintā
duodētrīgintā (indeclinable)
Classical[du.ɔ.deː.triːˈɡɪn.taː]Ecclesiastical[du.o.de.triˈd͡ʒin.ta]
Meaning
- indeclinabletwenty-eight; 28
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
twenty-eight
duodētrīgintā — in De Bello Gallico III
dŭŏ-dē-trīginta,
I. card. num., twentyeight, Liv. 33, 36 fin.; Suet. Tib. 1 al.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
duo-dē-trīgintā or duo dē xxx adj.
num, twenty-eight: castella, L.
Origins
Literally "two from thirty"; duo (“two”) + dē (“from”) + trīgintā (“thirty”)