numeral
ūndēsexāgintā
ūndēsexāgintā (indeclinable)
Classical[uːn.deː.sɛk.saːˈɡɪn.taː]Ecclesiastical[un.de.s̬eɡ.zaˈd͡ʒin.ta]
Meaning
- indeclinablefifty-nine; 59
undēsexaginta, num. adj. unus-desexaginta,
I. fifty-nine:
undesexaginta (Carthaginiensium) vivi capti, Liv. 23, 37, 6: dies, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ūndēsexāgintā num.
unus+de+sexaginta, fifty-nine : vivi capti, L.
Origins
Literally "one from sixty"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + sexāgintā (“sixty”)