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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations |
| Section V. Number |
| 2. Determinate Number |
| 98. Five, &c. |
| NOUN: | FIVE, cinque, quint, quincunx, quintet or quintette, quintuple [rare], quintuplet, quinary [rare], pentad; pentagon, pentagram, pentameter, pentapody, pentarchy, pentastich, Pentateuch. SIX, sise or size [rare], hexad, sextuplet, hexagon, hexahedron, hexagram, hexameter, hexapod, hexapody, hexastich, Hexateuch, sextet, half-a-dozen. SEVEN, heptad, septenary [rare], heptagon, heptahedron, heptameter, heptarchy, Heptateuch. EIGHT, octave, octonary, octad, ogdoad, octagon, octahedron, octameter, octastyle, octavo, octet. NINE, novenary [rare], ennead, nonary [rare]; nonagon, three times three; novena [R. C. Ch.] TEN, decad [rare], decade, dicker; decagon, decagram or decagramme, decahedron, decapod, decare, decastere, decastyle, decasyllable, decemvir, decemvirate, decennium. eleven; twelve, dozen; thirteen; long dozen, baker’s dozen; twenty, score; twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen; twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred; forty, twoscore; fifty, half a hundred; sixty, sexagenary, threescore; seventy, threescore and ten; eighty, fourscore; ninety, fourscore and ten. HUNDRED, centenary, hecatomb, century, bicentenary, tercentenary; hundred-weight, cwt.; one hundred and forty-four, gross. THOUSAND, chiliad, milliad [rare], millenary [rare], millennium; myriad, ten thousand; one hundred thousand, lac or lakh [India], plum [obs.], million; ten million, crore [India]; thousand million, billion, milliard. billion, trillion &c. |
| VERB: | quintuplicate, sextuple, centuplicate, centuriate [obs.]. |
| ADJECTIVE: | FIVE, fifth, quinary, quintuple; quintuplicate, pentangular, pentagonal, pentastyle. SIXTH, senary [rare], sextuple, hexagonal, hexangular, hexastyle, hexahedral, sextan. SEVENTH, septuple, septenary, septimal [rare]; heptagonal, heptahedral, heptamerous, heptangular. EIGHTH, octuple, octonary; octagonal, octahedral, octan, octangular, octastyle. NINTH, ninefold, novenary [rare], nonary [rare], enneahedral, enneastyle. TENTH, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, decagonal, decahedral, decasyllabic. ELEVENTH, undecennial, undecennary. TWELFTH, duodenary, duodenal. in one’s teens, thirteenth, &c. TWENTIETH, vicenary, vicennial, vigesimal, vicesimal. SIXTIETH, sexagesimal, sexagenary. SEVENTIETH, septuagesimal, septuagenary. CENTUPLE, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial; secular, hundredth; thousandth, millenary, millennial &c. |
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