numeral
quadrāgintā
quadrāgintā (indeclinable)
Classical[kʷa.draːˈɡɪn.taː]Ecclesiastical[kʷa.draˈd͡ʒin.ta]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- indeclinableforty; 40
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
numerus xlquadrāgintā — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 2
numerus XLquadrāgintā — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 1
quā^drāgintā, num. adj. quattuor,
I. forty:
quattuor quadraginta minae, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 102: annos natus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39; id. Rep. 2, 30, 52: jugera arvi, Cat. 115, 2; Col. 5, 2, 10; 5, 1, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quadrāgintā or XL or XXXX num.
quattuor, forty : annos natus maior quadraginta: XL diebus interpositis.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷétwr̥dḱomt (“four-ten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τετρώκοντα (tetrṓkonta) and Sanskrit चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśát).
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanquaranta
- Sardiniancorantafrom Catalan quaranta
- Catalancoranta
- Occitanquaranta
- Franco-Provençalquaranta
- Old Frenchquarante
Insular Romance
- Sardinianbaranta
- Sardiniancuaranta
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesequarentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese quaraenta
- Spanishcuarentafrom Old Spanish cuaraenta
- Aragonesequarenta
- Aragonesequaranta
- Galiciancorentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese quaraenta
- Asturiancuarenta
- Extremadurancuarenta
- Leonesecuarenta
- Ladinokuarentafrom Old Spanish cuaraenta
- Papiamentucuarentafrom Old Spanish cuaraenta
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianquaranta
- Corsicanquaranta
- Dalmatianquaranta
- Istriotquaranta
- Sabirquarantafrom Italian quaranta
- Neapolitanquaranta
- Sicilianquaranta
- Venetancuaranta
- Venetanquaranta
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliancuarante
- Ladincaranta
- Romanshquaranta
- Romanshcuronta
- Romanshcurànta
- Romanshcuranta
- Romanshquaraunta
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianquaranta
- Ligurianquaranta
- Lombardquaranta
- Piedmontesequaranta
- Romagnolquarânta