LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeral

trēdecim

trēdecim (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈtreː.dɛ.kĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtrɛː.de.t͡ʃim]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. indeclinablethirteen; 13
    Miremur si, cum ex hac parte saecula plura numerentur quam ex illa anni, plus in tam longo spatio quam in aetate tredecim annorum fortuna uariauerit?Where more generations are reckoned on one side than years on the other, can we be surprised that in such a long space of time there have been more changes of fortune than in a period of thirteen years?27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 9
    sed legio sexta et tredecim vexillariorum milia ingenti agmine sequebanturBehind him, however, came in a vast body the 6th legion and 13,000 veterans.c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Historiae 2.83

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

tredecim annos natus sum
I am thirteen years old.

trĕdĕcim (tresd-, Front. Aquaed. 33), num. adj. tres-decem,
I. thirteen: tredecim captis navibus, Liv. 36, 45, 3: centum tredecim senatores, Tac. H. 5, 19 fin.: equus emptus talentis tredecim, Gell. 5, 2, 2 (for which we have decem et tres, Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: decem tres, Liv. 37, 30, 8: decem tria milia, id. 29, 2, 17; v. decem).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Italic*trejes
  3. Proto-Italic*trēs
  4. Latintrēdecim

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin trēdecim From trēs (“three”) + decem (“ten”).

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalantretze
  • Occitantretze
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesetrezefrom Old Galician-Portuguese treze
  • Spanishtrecefrom Old Spanish treze
  • Aragonesetreze
  • Asturiantrelcefrom Old Leonese tredze
  • Galiciantrecefrom Old Galician-Portuguese treze
  • Asturiantrecefrom Old Spanish treze
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiantredici
  • Corsicantredeci
  • Corsicantredici
  • Dalmatiantretco
  • Istriottridase
  • Neapolitantrìdece
  • Neapolitantrìrece
  • Siciliantrìdici
  • Venetantrédexe
  • Venetantredese
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchtreizefrom Old French treze
  • Franco-Provençaltrèze
  • Walloontrazefrom Old French treze
Borrowings
  • Englishtredecillion
Insular Romance
  • Campidanesetreixi
  • Campidanesetrexi
  • Logudoresetreighi
  • Nuoresetreichi
  • Nuoresetrechi
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliantredis
  • Ladintredesc
  • Romanshtredesch
  • Romanshtredisch
  • Romanshtraidesch
Elsewhere
  • Emiliantragg'

In English words that came into English from trēdecim

  • tredecilliontrēdecim

Quick answers

What does trēdecim mean in Latin?
trēdecim, a numeral, means “thirteen; 13”.
How do you pronounce trēdecim?
In classical Latin, [ˈtreː.dɛ.kĩː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtrɛː.de.t͡ʃim].
Where does trēdecim come from?
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes → Proto-Italic *trejes → Proto-Italic *trēs → Latin trēdecim.