undecentum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Symbol: XCIX === Etymology === Literally "one from one hundred"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + centum (“hundred”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [uːn.deːˈkɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [un.deˈt͡ʃɛn.tum] === Numeral === ūndēcentum (indeclinable) ninety-nine; 99 77-78 — Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book VII, section 214 nec congruēbant ad hōrās eius līneae, pāruērunt tamen eī annīs ūndēcentum, ... Although the threads did not come together for those hours, they were evident those ninety-nine years, ... ==== Usage notes ==== Alternative form to nōnāgintā novem (“ninety-nine”) and novem et nōnāgintā (“nine and ninety”). The only Classical attestation is from Pliny the Elder. ==== Related terms ==== centum ==== See also ==== Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers === References === “undecentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “undecentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.