[tied] Re: RO eccles. term.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:22:12 +0200, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>
>> Sfanta _Patruzecime_ a Pastelui.
>> Do you think this is a "new construct" or a calc after any Slavic
>> term? Or is the semanticaly meaning of "quadraginta"?
>
> Of course the Romanian decadic numbers are new constructs.
>
> Latin Cast. Cat. Rom.
> 20 viginti veinte vint douãzeci
> 30 triginta trenta trenta treizeci
> 40 quadraginta cuarenta quaranta patruzeci

[...]
It is to add that if VL "quaresima" (< "quadragesima") means `the
40th day`, Romanian archaic and regional "pãresimi" deriving from
it means `Lent` (lasting 40 days). Nothing special out of that.

Regards,
Marius Iacomi