Latin

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XCIX

Numeral

ūndēcentum ‎(indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) 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

Although ūndēcentum is the usual expression for 99, it is also possible to say nōnāgintā novem ‎(“ninety-nine”) or novem et nōnāgintā ‎(“nine and ninety”).

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “undecentum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.