Translation
forty
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Examples
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He stayed on the mountain for forty days.
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At forty he became consul.
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Forty ships were captured by the enemy.
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Forty soldiers defended the city.
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After forty years he returned home.
Quadraginta is indeclinable, so quadraginta dierum and quadraginta militibus. It is built on the same stem as quattuor and quartus, even if the family resemblance takes a squint to see.
The ordinal is quadragesimus, "fortieth", and the church took it over as Quadragesima, the forty days of Lent. English quarantine comes from the Italian cousin, quaranta: ships from plague ports were held for forty days before anyone was allowed ashore.
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 13: quadraginta, inde, respondeo and 11 more words.