What Are the Cardinal Numbers in Latin?
Latin numbers are usually adjectives. When there are three forms, the Latin number has a masculine, feminine, and neuter form, in that order. The numbers follow the appropriate declension rules. Note that there is no singular form for most of the numbers and no plural form for the number 1.
Here are the cardinal numbers, the "one", "two", "three", etc. of Latin. For the "first", "second", "third", etc., see the Latin Ordinal Numbers.
1 - unus, una, unum
2 - duo, duae, duo
3 - tres, tres, tria
4 - quattuor
5 - quinque
6 - sex
7 - septem
8 - octo
9 - novem
10 - decem
11 - undecim
12 - duodecim
13 - tredecim
14 - quattuordecim
15 - quindecim
16 - sedecim
17 - septendecim
18 - duodeviginti
19 - undeviginti
20 - viginti
21 - viginti unus
30 - triginta
40 - quadraginta
50 - quinquaginta
60 - sexaginta
70 - septuaginta
80 - octoginta
90 - nonaginta
100 - centum
200 - ducenti, ducentae, ducenta
300 - trecenti, trecentae, trecenta
400 - quadrigenti, quadrigentae, quadrigenta(*)
500 - quingenti, quingentae, quingenta
600 - sescenti, sescentae, sescenta
700 - septingenti, septingentae, septingenta
800 - octingenti, octingentae, octingenta
900 - nongenti, nongentae, nongenta
1000 - mille
2000 - duo milia
Romance Languages: Counting Numbers
Eng | Latin | French | Italian | Spanish | |
1 | one | unus | un | uno | uno |
2 | two | duo | deux | due | dos |
3 | three | tres | trois | tre | tres |
4 | four | quattuor | quatre | quattro | cuatro |
5 | five | quinque | cinq | cinque | cinco |
6 | six | sex | six | sei | seis |
7 | seven | septem | sept | sette | siete |
8 | eight | octo | huit | otto | ocho |
9 | nine | novem | neuf | nove | nueve |
10 | ten | decem | dix | dieci | diez |
For contrast with another Indo-European language, the Sanskritnumbers (and Hindi) are:
- éka (ek)
- dvi (do)
- trí (tin)
- catúr (char)
- pañca (pa?c)
- ?á? (cha?)
- saptá (sat)
- a??á (a?h)
- náva (nau)
- dasa (das)
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Related:
- Latin adjectives for information about using the correct form of a number/adjective
- Latin Gender for the 3 genders.
- Roman Numerals
- Comparison of Italian and Latin Numbers
- Roman Fractions