numeral
quīndecim
quīndecim (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈkʷiːn.dɛ.kĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷin.de.t͡ʃim]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- indeclinablefifteen; 15
77-79 AD, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historia, liber XIV, vii
"in all, fifteen varieties of the grape has he named, three of the olive, the same number of the pear, and the citron of Assyria, and has neglected the rest"erant autem Sibae quindecim filii et viginti servi
"Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants."(Regnum II)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
- to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days.
quindĕcim, num. adj. quinque-decem,
I. fifteen:
QVINDECIM PONDO, Lex XII. Tab.: quindecim miles minas dederat, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 51; 1, 3, 112; Hor. C. S. 70: dies circiter quindecim, Caes. B. G. 1, 15; App. Mag. p. 304, 33.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quīndecim or XV num adj.
quinque+decem, fifteen : dies, Cs.: annos XV natus: evocat ad se Massiliā XV primos, city fathers , Cs.: Quindecim viri, the college of fifteen priests in charge of the Sibylline books , H.
Origins
From quīnque (“five”) + decem (“ten”).
Insular Romance
- Sardinianbindighi
- Sardinianbindeghi
- Sardinianbindechi
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanquinze
- Occitanquinze
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesequinzefrom Old Galician-Portuguese quinze
- Spanishquincefrom Old Spanish quinze
- Asturianquince
- Galicianquincefrom Old Galician-Portuguese quinze
- Ladinokinzefrom Old Spanish quinze
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianquindici
- Corsicanquindeci
- Corsicanquindici
- Dalmatiančonco
- Neapolitanquìnnece
- Sicilianchìnnici
- Sicilianquìnnici
- Venetancuìndexe
- Venetanquìndexe
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Frenchquinze
- Franco-Provençalquinze
- Normantchînze
- Normantchinze
- Wallooncwénze
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliancuindis
- Ladinchindesc
- Romanshquindesch
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianquénng'
- Lombardquindesfrom Old Lombard quindex
- Piedmontesequindes
In English words that came into English from quīndecim
- quindecillionquīndecim
- quindenequindena
- quindecimaquindecima
- quindecimalquindecimalis
- quindecimquindecima