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58 NUMERAL ADJECTIVES. 24Quinquaginta,Sexaginta,Septuaginta,Octoginta,Nonaginta,Centum,Centum Onus, or )Centum et unus, (fee., )Ducenti, -ae, -a,Trecenti,Quadringenti,Quingenti,Sexcenti,Septingenti,Octingenti,Nongenti,Mille,Duo millia, or )Bis mille,)Quinque millia, or )Quinquies mille, )Decern millia, or }Decies mille,JQuinquaginta millia, or }Quinquagies mille,)Centum millia, or )Centies mille,JL.LX.LXX.LXXX.LXXXX, or XC.C.CI.cc.ccc.cccc.10, or D.IOC, or DC.IOCC, or DCC.IOCCC, orIOCCCC, orDCCC.DCCCC.CIO, or M.CIOCIO, or MM.100, or V.CCIOO, or X.1000, or L.CCCI000, or C.fiftysixty,seventy.eightyninetya hundreda hundred and one, dee,two hundred,three hundredfour hundred.Jive hundred.six hundred.seven hundred.eight hundred.nine hundred.a thousand.two thousand.Jive thousand.ten thousand.fifty-thousanda hundred thousand.104.—OBSERVATIONS.1. Eighteen and nineteen are more properly expressed byduodeviginti, and undeviginti; from which Ordinals, Distributivesand Adverbs are likewise formed. The same form isalso used in the corresponding numbers of each of the otherdecades ;as, duodetriginta, twenty-eight; undetriginta, twentynine,&c.2. The Cardinal numbers, except unus and mille, want thesingular.8. Unus, as a numeral, is not used in the plural, exceptwhen joined with a substantive that wants the singular ; as,una mcenia, one wall ; or when several particulars are consideredas one whole ;as, una vestimenta, one suit of clothes.Unus is declined like totus (98-4).

§ 24 NUMEKAL ADJECTIVES. 59Duo, two. and Tres, three, are thus declined :Plural. Plural. .Masc. Fern. Keut. Masc. Fern. Neut.N. duo, duae, duo, N. tres, tres, tria,G. duorum, duarum duorum, G. trium, trium, trium,D. duobus, duabus, duobus, D. tribus, tribus, tribus,Ac. duos, -o, duas, duo, Ac. tres, tres, tria,V. duo, duae, duo, V. tres, tres, tria,Ab. duobus, duabus, duobus, Ab. tribus, tribus, tribus,Ambo, both, is declined like duo.4. All the cardinal numbers, from quatuor to centum inclusive,are indeclinable; and from centum to mille, they aredeclined like the plural of bonus (98-1).5. Mi lie, when placed before a genitive plural, is a substantiveindeclinable in the singular ; in the plural, it is declinedlike the plural of sedlle (83-8) ; thus, millia, millium,millibus, &c. When it has a substantive in any other casethan the genitive plural joined to it, it is a plural adjectiveindeclinable ; as, mille homines, a thousand men ;bis milkhominihus, with two thousand men.ROMAN METHOD OF NOTATION BY LETTERS.6. The capital letters used by the Romans to denote numbers,were C, I, L, V, X, which are therefore called NumeralLetters. I, denotes one; V, five; X, ten; L, fifty, and C, ahundred. By the various combinations of these letters, allnumbers were expressed as follows :The repetition of a letter repeats its value ; thus, II signifiestwo ; III, three; XX, twenty ; XXX, thirty; CC, two hundred;CCC, three hundred, &c. V and L are never repeated.When a letter of less value is placed before another ofgreater value, the value of the less is taken from the greaterWhen placed after it, the value of the less is added to thegreater; thus,IV. Four, V. Five, VI. Six. 'IX. Nine, X. Ten, XI. Eleven.XL. Forty, L. Fifty, LX. Sixty.XC. Ninety, C. A hundred, ex. A hundred and ten

58 NUMERAL ADJECTIVES. 24Quinquaginta,Sexaginta,Septuaginta,Octoginta,Nonaginta,Centum,Centum Onus, or )Centum et unus, (fee., )Ducenti, -ae, -a,Trecenti,Quadringenti,Quingenti,Sexcenti,Septingenti,Octingenti,Nongenti,Mille,Duo millia, or )Bis mille,)Quinque millia, or )Quinquies mille, )Decern millia, or }Decies mille,JQuinquaginta millia, or }Quinquagies mille,)Centum millia, or )Centies mille,JL.LX.LXX.LXXX.LXXXX, or XC.C.CI.cc.ccc.cccc.10, or D.IOC, or DC.IOCC, or DCC.IOCCC, orIOCCCC, orDCCC.DCCCC.CIO, or M.CIOCIO, or MM.100, or V.CCIOO, or X.1000, or L.CCCI000, or C.fiftysixty,seventy.eightyninetya hundreda hundred and one, dee,two hundred,three hundredfour hundred.Jive hundred.six hundred.seven hundred.eight hundred.nine hundred.a thousand.two thousand.Jive thousand.ten thousand.fifty-thousanda hundred thousand.104.—OBSERVATIONS.1. Eighteen and nineteen are more properly expressed byduodeviginti, and undeviginti; from which Ordinals, Distributivesand Adverbs are likewise formed. <strong>The</strong> same form isalso used in <strong>the</strong> corresponding numbers <strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rdecades ;as, duodetriginta, twenty-eight; undetriginta, twentynine,&c.2. <strong>The</strong> Cardinal numbers, except unus and mille, want <strong>the</strong>singular.8. Unus, as a numeral, is not used in <strong>the</strong> plural, exceptwhen joined with a substantive that wants <strong>the</strong> singular ; as,una mcenia, one wall ; or when several particulars are consideredas one whole ;as, una vestimenta, one suit <strong>of</strong> clo<strong>the</strong>s.Unus is declined like totus (98-4).

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