numeral
ūndēcentum
ūndēcentum (indeclinable)
Classical[uːn.deːˈkɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[un.deˈt͡ʃɛn.tum]
Meaning
- indeclinableninety-nine; 99
nec congruēbant ad hōrās eius līneae, pāruērunt tamen eī annīs ūndēcentum, ...
Although the threads did not come together for those hours, they were evident those ninety-nine years, ...77-78 — Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book VII, section 214
undēcentum, num. adj. unus-decentum,
I. ninety-nine:
anni, Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 214.Origins
Literally "one from one hundred"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + centum (“hundred”)