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[ LESSON LVIII]
NUMERALS · THE PARTITIVE GENITIVE

[327.] The Latin numeral adjectives may be classified as follows:

1. Cardinal Numerals, answering the question how many? as, ūnus, one; duo, two; etc.

2. Ordinal Numerals, derived in most cases from the cardinals and answering the question in what order? as, prīmus, first; secundus, second; etc.

3. Distributive Numerals, answering the question how many at a time? as, singulī, one at a time.

[328.] The Cardinal Numerals. The first twenty of the cardinals are as follows:

1, ūnus6,sex11, ūndecim16, sēdecim
2, duo7,septem12, duodecim17, septendecim
3, trēs8,octō13, tredecim18, duodēvīgintī
4, quattuor9,novem14, quattuordecim19, ūndēvīgintī
5, quīnque10,decem15, quīndecim20, vīgintī

a. Learn also centum = 100, ducentī = 200, mīlle = 1000.