What is the Latin word for sixty?

The usual Latin words for “sixty” are sexāgintā, sexāgēni, sexāgēnārius; also sexāgiēs. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“sixty” in Latin

sexāgintāsixty; 60 sexāgēnisixty each sexāgēnāriusof or relating to sixty; sexagenary, sixty years old; (as a noun) a man of sixty, a sexagenarian sexāgiēssixty times

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

sixty

sexaginta: (distributive) sexageni, -ae, -a. Sixty years old, sexagenarius; sexaginta annorum; sexaginta annos natus: sixty times, sexagies: sixty thousand, sexagies mille; sexaginta millia.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for sixty?: The usual Latin words for “sixty” are sexāgintā, sexāgēni, sexāgēnārius; also sexāgiēs. 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.