quinquaginta Latin · revision 31190

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *penkʷēḱomt}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kʷiːŋ.kʷaːˈɡɪn.taː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kʷiŋ.kʷaˈd͡ʒin.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quīnquāgintā''' (indeclinable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|quīnque|t=five]] and [[m|la|-gintā|t=ten (in multiples)]],^(OLD 2012) continuing [[ine-pro|*penkʷēḱomt|t=fifty]], from an earlier “five tens”.^(Wiktionary) It is cognate with [[grc|πεντήκοντα|tr=pentḗkonta|t=fifty]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨quīnque⟩ from [[itc-pro|*kʷenkʷe|t=five]] and [[ine-pro|*penkʷe|t=five]], with the long /iː/ taken over from the ordinal ⟨quīntus⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus is its first author,^(Köbler 2010) with ''quīnquāgintā et quattuor'', “fifty-four”, in the ''Miles gloriosus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the indeclinable numeral “fifty”, as Virgil's fifty maidservants and Cicero's fifty thousand.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “fifty”.^(Stelten 1995) Köbler records it widely in early medieval laws and charters.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has ''quīnquāgintā et quattuor''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of fifty maidservants.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # [[m|en|fifty|alt=Fifty]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[quīnquāgēnus]]

+ * [[quinquāgēsiēs]]

+ * [[quīnquāgēsimus]]

+ * [[quīnquāgiēns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quīnque]]

+ * [[quīntus]]

+ * [[quadrāgintā]]

+ * [[sexāgintā]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}