Questions tagged [numbers]
Questions relating to the use of numbers or numerals in Latin or Greek, both as words (unus, duo) and Roman numerals (I, II).
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Can Roman numerals stand for any kind of Latin numbers?
Latin has four classes of number words.
Can Roman numerals (I, II, …) be used to for any class, or should they be restricted to, say, cardinals and ordinals?
For example, can I abbreviate any ...
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Conciseness of Roman Numerals
I noticed earlier that a roman numeral (8) is written as VIII. It appears that it is more concise (less characters) to write it as IIX (meaning 2 before 10 instead of 3 after 5). Could someone give me ...
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Names for digits or numbers
How would you say "I write zeroes and ones" or "I need a fiver" or "the number seven" in Latin?
There are a couple of cases where in some languages one uses instead of a ...
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A question about etymology of the Etruscan word for number eight
An often cited etymology is that the Etruscan word ππββππ (kezp, eight) is a compound word from ππβ (ki, three) and πππ (zep, hand), that it meant literally "three plus the number of ...
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Adverbial numeral for the "teen"s
I noticed this numeral while reading Regulus, the Latin version of the Little Prince. In the scene that the businessman shows his sum of stars, he says:
Cinq cent un millions six cent vingt-deux ...
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What numbers (e.g. 0, -1, or 1.0) are plurals in Latin?
The basic question is: With which numbers should I use a plural form of the noun?
Background: English
In English it seems to me that the only singular number is 1 (and maybe -1), but everything else ...
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Are monos and eis synonyms?
In Attic Greek, monos means only, alone, and eis means one. Are they synonyms? Can monos also mean one?
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Why are 18 and 19 expressed differently from 11 - 17?
Why are 18 and 19 expressed as something less than 20, while 11 - 17 are expressed as something more than 10? Why are only 18 and 19 chosen to be expressed that way?
Are 8 and 9 expressed as ...