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nonaginta

Nonaginta is the Latin cardinal number for the value ninety. In classical Latin texts, numbers were often written as words, and nonaginta appears as the tens component in lists, measurements, and descriptions of quantities. It is typically combined with units to form numbers from ninety to ninety-nine, for example nonaginta unus for 91 or nonaginta novem for 99, though the exact word order can vary with grammar.

In Latin, numbers up to ninety are formed with the tens element aginta and a prefix indicating

Today, nonaginta is primarily of historical or linguistic interest. It appears in Latin dictionaries, grammars, and

the
ten’s
multiplier;
nonaginta
literally
translates
as
nine
tens.
In
contrast,
the
Roman
numeral
representation
of
ninety
is
XC.
The
word
nonaginta
is
most
commonly
encountered
in
literary,
epigraphic,
or
ecclesiastical
Latin,
as
well
as
in
discussions
of
Latin
numeral
systems,
rather
than
in
everyday
speech.
studies
of
numeral
formation,
serving
as
an
example
of
how
Latin
expresses
decimal
multiples
of
ten.
The
term
is
not
part
of
contemporary
usage
in
modern
languages,
where
ninety
is
typically
conveyed
by
native
numerals
or
the
familiar
Arabic
digit.