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Translation of 48 in Latin
The Latin translation of the word forty-eight is as follows: Quadraginta octo The word for forty-eight or 48 represents a cardinal number that conveys "how many". Quadraginta octo is the correct form of the word which means forty-eight, there are no gender distinctions after three. Cardinal numbers are also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Examples of English ordinal numbers are "first", "second" or "third". Forty-eighth in Latin is quadragesimus octavus. | Quadraginta
octo Translation of 48 |
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48 in Latin - Roman Numerals
Roman numerals are script letters that are used to represent numbers. The Roman numeral of 48 is the name for a number when it is written in the way the Romans used to write numbers. The Roman numeral for this number is as follows: XLVIII If a lower value symbol is after a higher value number, it is added so VI = 6. If a lower value symbol is before a higher value number, it is subtracted so IV = 4. A number with a line over it means to multiply it by 1000. | XLVIII |
Quadraginta octo or 48 in Latin
The number 48 translates to the word Quadraginta octo. Forty-eighth is quadragesimus octavus. The English-Latin translation of this number is:
| 48 | XLVIII | | Forty-eight | Quadraginta octo | | 48th | quadragesimus octavus |
Latin numerals are composed of just seven letters: I, V, X, L, C, D and M. The ancient Romans did not use a zero and there is no singular form for most of the numbers. | |
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