numeral
quīnquāgintā
quīnquāgintā (indeclinable)
Classical[kʷiːŋ.kʷaːˈɡɪn.taː]Ecclesiastical[kʷiŋ.kʷaˈd͡ʒin.ta]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- indeclinablefifty; 50
quinquāginta, num. adj.,
I. fifty:
quinquaginta et quattuor, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 35: famulae, Verg. A. 1, 703: milia, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5; Pomp. ap. Non. p. 280, 18; Col. 12, 23, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quīnquāgintā or L
num, fifty: annos ad quinquaginta natus: famulae, V.: cum ex CXXV iudicibus L referet.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷēḱomt, from earlier *pénkʷedḱomt (“five-ten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) and Sanskrit पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśát).
Italo-Romance
- Italiancinquanta
- Sardiniancincuantafrom Italian cinquanta
- Neapolitancinquànta
- Siciliancinquanta
Insular Romance
- Sardinianchimbanta
- Sardinianchimmanta
Occitano-Romance
- Catalancinquanta
- Occitancinquanta
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesecinquentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cinquaenta
- Spanishcincuentafrom Old Spanish cinquaenta
- Asturiancincuenta
- Galiciancincuentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cinquaenta
- Kabuverdianusinkuentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cinquaenta
- Papiamentusinkuentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cinquaenta
- Cebuanosingkwentafrom Old Spanish cinquaenta
- Cebuanosingkuwentafrom Old Spanish cinquaenta
- Tagalogsingkuwentafrom Old Spanish cinquaenta
- Tagalogsingkwentafrom Old Spanish cinquaenta
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchcinquantefrom Old French cinquante
- Franco-Provençalcinquanta
- Normanchînquantefrom Old French cinquante
- Wallooncéncwantefrom Old French cinquante
Dalmatian
- unknowncioncuanta
North Italian
- Emilianzincuanta
- Liguriançinquànta
- Piedmontesesinquanta
- Friuliancincuante
- Ladincincanta
- Romanshtschuncanta
- Romanshtschuncànta
- Romanshtschunconta
- Romanshtschinquaunta
- Venetansinquanta
In English words that came into English from quīnquāgintā
- quinquagesimalquinquagesimus
- quinquagenequinquagena