latin counting

Question 1

SEMI-

Answer 1

‘half’, ‘partly’

SEMI-LUN-ate, half-moon-shaped; SEMI-CAUD-ate, with a rudimentary tail

Question 2

CENT-

Answer 2

‘hundred’, ‘hundredth’
CEN-ENN-ial; CENT-uri-on; CENTI-PEDE, elongated segmented arthropods with many legs; CENTI-metre, one-hundredth of a metre

Question 3

MIL(L)-

Answer 3

‘thousand’, ‘thousandth’
MILL-ENN-ium; MILLI-PEDE, myriopods constituting the the class Diplopoda having numerous segments and legs; MILLI-metre, one-thousandth of a metre

Question 4

DECEM-

Answer 4

‘ten’;

Question 5

NOVEM-

Answer 5

‘nine’;

Question 6

OCT-

Answer 6

‘eight’;

Question 7

SEPT-, SEPTEM-

Answer 7

‘seven’;

Question 8

SEX-

Answer 8

‘six’;

Question 9

QUINT-

Answer 9

‘fifth’;

Question 10

QUINQUE-

Answer 10

‘five’

QUINQUE-PART-ite, divided into five parts

Question 11

TERN-

Answer 11

‘three each’;

Question 12

QUART-

Answer 12

‘fourth’;

Question 13

QUADR(U)-

Answer 13

‘four’

QUADRU-PLE; QUADRI-JUG-ate, applies to pinnate lear having four pairs of leaflets; QUADRU-PED, a four-footed animal

Question 14

TRI-

Answer 14

‘three’

TRI-DENT; TRI-VI-al; TRI-COST-ate, with three ribs; TRI-FID, cleft to form three lobes

Question 15

TERTI-

Answer 15

‘third’

TERTI-ary, third, pertaining to third stage of disease; TERT-ian, recurring every other day, as a tertian fever

Question 16

DU-

Answer 16

‘two’ (duo)

DU-et; DU-al; DU-PLIC-ate; DU-PLICI-DENT, with two pairs of incisors in the upper jaw;

Question 17

SECOND-, SECUND-

Answer 17

‘second’, ‘following’ (secundus)

SECOND-ary; SECUNDI-GRAV-ida, a woman pregnant the second time

Question 18

BI-, BIN-

Answer 18

‘two’, ‘twice’

BI-NATE, growing in pairs; BI-FID, forked, opening with a median cleft; BI-STRAT-ose, with cells arranged in two layers

Question 19

UN-

Answer 19

‘one’ (unus)
UN-ique; UN-iform; UN-ANIM-ity; UNI-FOLI-ate, with one leaf; UNI-PAR-ous, producing one offspring at a birth; UNI-STRATE, having only one layer

Question 20

PRIM-

Answer 20

‘first’ (primus)
PRIM-ary; PRIM-ates, the highest order of the vertebrate class Mammalia, including man, apes, monkeys and lemurs; PRIMI-PAR-ous, pertaining to a woman bearing or giving birth to her first child

Question 21

SESQUI-

Answer 21

‘one-and-a-half times’
SESQUI-CENT-ENNI-ial; SEQUI-CHLOR-ide, a compound of chlorine and another element containing three parts of chlorine and two of the other element; SESQUI-OX-ide

Question 22

DEC-, DECIM-,

Answer 22

‘tenth’

DECIM-ate; DECI-LITRE, one-tenth of a litre; DECEM-FID, cleft into ten parts

Question 23

QUATERN-,

Answer 23

‘four each’
QUART-an, recurring every three days (or four, counting inclusively), as on first, fourth and seventh day; QUATERN-ate, in sets of four (applies to leaves growing in fours from one point

Question 24

TER-,

Answer 24

‘three times’
TERN-ary, consisting of or based on three, or pertaining to a crystal system in which three-sided forms occur, or an alloy with three elements; TER-VAL-ent, having a valence of three, triple

Question 25

QUIN-,

Answer 25

‘five each’
QUIN-ary, applies to flower symmetry in which there are five parts to a whorl; QUINTU-PL-et, one of five children born at one birth

Question 26

SEXT-,

Answer 26

‘sixth’

SEXT-ant, a maximum angle of sixty degrees; SEX-OSTI-atae, group of spiders marked by six cardiac ostia

Question 27

OCTAV-,

Answer 27

‘eighth’
OCT-ave; OCT-avo; OCTO-RADI-ate, having eight rays or arms; OCT-ane, the eighth member of the paraffin or marsh gas series

Question 28

SEPTIM-,

Answer 28

‘seventh’

SEPTEM-ber; SEPTEM-PART-ite, divided into seven parts; SEPTIM-al, based on the number seven

Question 29

NON-,

Answer 29

‘ninth’

NOVEM-ber; NON-illion, ten to the thirtieth power; NON-an, having an exacerbation every ninth day