duodecim

Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
 ←  11 XII
12 		13  → [a], [b], [c], [d]
    Cardinal: duodecim
    Ordinal: duodecimus
    Adverbial: duodeciēs, duodeciēns
    Proportional: duodecuplus, duodecemplus, duodecimplus
    Multiplier: duodecuplex, duodecimplex, duodecemplex
    Distributive: duodēnus
    Collective: duodenarius, duodenum, duodena
    Fractional: ūncia, duodecimus

Alternative forms

  • Symbol: XII

Etymology

From duo (“two”) +‎ decem (“ten”).

Pronunciation

Numeral

duodecim (indeclinable)

  1. twelve; 12
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.19:
      Atque omnium primum ad cursus lunae in duodecim menses discribit annum
      First of all he divided the year into twelve months, corresponding to the moon's revolutions
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Ioannes.20.24:
      Thomas autem unus ex duodecim qui dicitur Didymus non erat cum eis quando venit Iesus
      But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
  2. dozen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: doighi
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: dotze
    • Asturian: doce
    • Mirandese: duoze
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: doze
    • Old Spanish: doze, dodze
      • Ladino: dodje
      • Spanish: doce (see there for further descendants)

See also

  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

  • “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • duodecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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