LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeral

octāgintā

octāgintā (indeclinable)
Classical[ɔk.taːˈɡɪn.taː]Ecclesiastical[ok.taˈd͡ʒin.ta]

Meaning

  1. indeclinableeighty; 80
    ... De (Mul)leis et (G)allicis / (Gall)icae viriles rusticanae bisoles par * octaginta / (Gall)icae viriles monosoles par * quinquaginta ...1826, YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), An Edict of Diocletian, fixing a maximum of prices throughout the Roman empire, A.D. 303, page 24

Origins

Variant of octōgintā.

Occitano-Romance
  • Catalanvuitanta
  • Occitanochanta
  • Occitanueitanta
  • unknownhuitantafrom Catalan vuitanta
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseoitentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese oitaenta
  • Spanishochentafrom Old Spanish ochaenta
  • Asturianochenta
  • Galicianoitentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese oitaenta
Italo-Romance
  • Italianottanta
  • Sicilianuttanta
  • Sicilianottanta
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchhuitantefrom Old French oitante
  • Normanhuiptante
  • Anglo-Normanhuitantefrom Old French oitante
  • Anglo-Normanhuytantfrom Old French oitante
  • Anglo-Normanoeptantfrom Old French oitante
  • Anglo-Normanoeptauntfrom Old French oitante
  • Anglo-Normanoetantfrom Old French oitante
  • Anglo-Normanoettantfrom Old French oitante
  • Anglo-Normanoitantfrom Old French oitante
  • Anglo-Normanoitantefrom Old French oitante
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianotanta
Borrowings
  • Frenchoctantefrom Old French octante
  • Dalmatianoctuanta
  • Anglo-Normanoctantfrom Old French octante
  • Anglo-Normanoctauntfrom Old French octante
Dalmatian
  • unknownotuonta
North Italian
  • Emilianutanta
  • Friulianotante
  • Ladinotanta
  • Romanshotganta
  • Romanshotgànta
  • Romanshottanta
  • Venetanotanta

Quick answers

What does octāgintā mean in Latin?
octāgintā, a numeral, means “eighty; 80”.
How do you pronounce octāgintā?
In classical Latin, [ɔk.taːˈɡɪn.taː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ok.taˈd͡ʒin.ta].