Counting to a million in Latin in One Step

Stephen P. Morse, San Francisco



1 unus
2 duo
3 tres
4 quattuor
5 quinque
6 sex
7 septem
8 octingenti
9 novem
10 decem
  11 undecim
12 duodecim
13 tredecim
14 quattuordecim
15 quindecim
16 sedecim
17 septendecim [See Note 1]
18 octodecim [See Note 2]
19 novemdecim [See Note 3]
  20 viginti
30 triginta
40 quadraginta
50 quinquaginta
60 sexaginta
70 septuaginta
80 octoginta
90 nonaginta
 
100 centum
200 ducenti
300 trecenti
400 quadringenti
500 quingenti
600 sexcenti
700 septingenti
800 octingenti
900 nongenti
  1,000 milia
2,000 duo milia
3,000 tria milia
4,000 quattuor milia
5,000 quinque milia
6,000 sex milia
7,000 septem milia
8,000 octo milia
9,000 novem milia
  10,000 decem milia
20,000 viginti milia
30,000 triginta milia
40,000 quadraginta milia
50,000 quinquaginta milia
60,000 sexaginta milia
70,000 septuaginta milia
80,000 octoginta milia
90,000 nonaginta milia
 
    100,000 centum milia
200,000 ducenta milia
300,000 trecenta milia
400,000 quadringenta milia
500,000 quingenta
600,000 sescenta milia
700,000 septingenta milia
800,000 octingenta milia
900,000 nongenti milia
1,000,000 decies centena millia
   

Note 1: 17 is sometimes written decem et septem (ten and seven)
Note 2: 18 is sometimes written duodeviginti (two from twenty)
Note 3: 19 is sometimes written undeviginti (one from twenty)


© Stephen P. Morse, 2024