quindecim Latin · revision 32863

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 450 BC, Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *penkʷe, ine-pro *deḱm̥}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkʷiːn.dɛ.kĩː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkʷin.de.t͡ʃim]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quīndecim''' (indeclinable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|quīnque|decem|t1=five|t2=ten]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|quīnque]] to [[itc-pro|*kʷenkʷe]] and [[ine-pro|*penkʷe|t=five]], and [[m|la|decem]] to [[itc-pro|*dekm̥]] and [[ine-pro|*deḱm̥|t=ten]].^(de Vaan 2008) The /i/ of ⟨-decim⟩ is not well explained: de Vaan rejects a metathesis and thinks it was taken from the ordinals in ⟨-decimus⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from the Twelve Tables, which have “fifteen pounds”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the plain numeral fifteen: Plautus has a soldier who paid fifteen minae, and Caesar about fifteen days.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – The Twelve Tables have ''quindecim pondo''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of fifteen minae.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of about fifteen days.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # [[m|en|fifteen|alt=Fifteen]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[quīndeciēns]]

+ * [[quindecimprimi]]

+ * [[quīndecimvir]]

+ * [[quīndecimvirātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quinque|alt=quīnque]]

+ * [[decem]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}