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“forty” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

forty
quadraginta: quadrageni (a distributive; forty apiece, etc., at once or together, especially with substantives that are used in the plur. number only). Containing forty, quadragenarius (e.g., a tube of forty inches in diameter, fistula quadragenaria): every forty years (= once in forty years), quadragesimo quoque anno: forty years old, quadraginta annos natus; quadraginta annorum (of forty years): forty times, quadragies: done forty times, *quadragies factus, etc.: of forty days, quadraginta dierum: forty thousand, quadraginta millia: each or to each forty thousand; also forty thousand at once or together, quadrageni milleni. quadragena millia (especially of substantives used in the plur., number only): forty thousand times, quadragies millies: the forty thousandth, quadragies millesimus.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for forty?
The usual Latin words for “forty” are quadrāgintā, quadrāgēnus, quadrāgēnārius; also quadrāgiēs. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.