quattuordecim¹

Meaning

1. indeclinablefourteen; 14
   laudata olim et militari fama celebrata severitas eius angebat aspernantis veterem disciplinam atque ita quattuordecim annis a Nerone adsuefactos ut haud minus vitia principum amarent quam olim virtutes verebantur.The strictness once so commended, and celebrated in the praises of the army, was galling to troops who rebelled against the old discipline, and who had been accustomed by fourteen years' service under Nero to love the vices of their emperors, as much as they had once respected their virtues.c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Historiae 1.5
   fecit ergo Salomon in tempore illo festivitatem celebrem et omnis Israhel cum eo multitudo magna ab introitu Emath usque ad rivum Aegypti coram Domino Deo nostro septem diebus et septem diebus id est quattuordecim diebusAnd at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Regum I.8.65

Origins

1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwṓr
2. Proto-Italic*kʷettwōr
3. Latinquattuordecim

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin quattuordecim From quattuor (“four”) + decem (“ten”).

In English words that came into English from quattuordecim

• quattuordecillionquattuordecim

Meaning

1. abbreviationellipsisindeclinableellipsis of quattuordecim ōrdinēs (literally “the fourteen rows (of seats, benches)”), referring to the fourteen rows of theater seats allotted to the ancient Roman equestrian order
   Coordinate term: populāria
   sēdēre in quattuordecim (ōrdinibus)to sit on the fourteen equestrian seats → to be a knight
2. broadlyfigurativelyindeclinablethe equestrian order

Origins

1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwṓr
2. Proto-Italic*kʷettwōr
3. Latinquattuordecim

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin quattuordecim From quattuor (“four”) + decem (“ten”).