Numbers and dates
Can you remember numbers one to ten?
Here they are again, this time with the form used to express dates.
| Latin |
English |
Latin |
English |
| unus, -a, -um |
one |
primus, -a, -um |
first |
| duo, due, duo |
two |
secundus |
second |
| tres, tria |
three |
tertius |
third |
| quattuor |
four |
quartus |
fourth |
| quinque |
five |
quintus |
fifth |
| sex |
six |
sextus |
sixth |
| septem |
seven |
septimus |
seventh |
| octo |
eight |
octavus |
eighth |
| novem |
nine |
nonus |
ninth |
| decem |
ten |
decimus |
tenth |
| viginti |
twenty |
vicesimus |
twentieth |
| triginta |
thirty |
tricesimus |
thirtieth |
| centum |
one hundred |
centesimus |
hundredth |
| mille |
one thousand |
millesimus |
thousandth |
Dates are expressed using ‘first’, ‘second’, ‘third’, rather than ‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’.
These are always in the ablative case. Generally, the ‘us’ ending becomes an ‘o’.
For example
| primo |
on the first |
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| tricesimo die |
on the thirtieth day |
| anno domini millesimo centesimo vicesimo |
in the year of the Lord one thousand one hundred and twenty (or, 1120 AD) |
| anno regni regine Elizabethe nono |
in the ninth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth |
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| anno regni regis Ricardi filii regis Edwardi septimo |
in the seventh year of the reign of King Richard son of King Edward |
There are more numbers in the reference section on the Dating Latin documents page.
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