Talk:Numeral prefix

message: Just thought I'd say that 11 is "undecim" (numeral)  "undec", "unde" (prefix)
Where comes this "zopi" from?
08 Dec. 2006:
The link to phrontistery.info seems to be bogus as the site appears to be one of those parked advertising sites. 
Anyone now what a real link would be?
I would support merging the Greek and Latin prefix pages into this one. 66.171.157.133 18:05, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Organic chemistry follows these prefixes pretty closely, except for the first four, which are:
1 meth-
2 eth-
3 prop-
4 but-
Does anyone know why they differ? See: Nomenclature
Maerk 01:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Chemical nomenclature

message: The article currently sites some sources. If anyone feels more sources are needed, please list the remaining unsubstantiated claims here. Else, let's remove the tag. OK? — Xiutwel ♫☺♥♪ (talk) 21:00, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  citing 

message: If "Twi" is considered the Old English Prefix for 2, "Thri" sould be included for 3 (as in "Thrice" - it is a word you can check a dictionary) but I don't know how to add it. 217.33.134.118 (talk) 11:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old English 

message: "The prefixes in this column are also unbound morphemes."  Uh, what column is this referring to?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.240.25.63 (talk) 00:29, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The "English" column. It's footnote number 2. 91.107.133.40 (talk) 13:39, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prefixes from this column? 

message: Aren't the decimal metric system (ten to the x power) and binary metric system (two to the ten times x power) actual number systems?  If so, why aren't they here?
Robert Dell (talk) 18:21, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This table is for all numbers 1-10,000. These are the only numbers with numerical prefixes. Georgia guy (talk) 18:51, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: In principle you could derive Greek prefixes for a few higher powers of ten, i.e. 105 decakismyria-, 106 hecatontakismyria-, 107 chiliakismyria-, and 108 myriakismyria-, as these numbers appear spelled out in Archimedes' work. But I haven't seen anyone actually using these (though Modern Greek seems to have preserved the idea of expressing 106 as 102 × 104). Apollonius made alternative names, but these are lost. However, the article mentions Sanskrit prefixes, which should allow us to go further than we would ever need to. Double sharp (talk) 03:22, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  metric numeral systems 

message: Is there no prefix for zero? -- 86.121.6.228 (talk) 09:39, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes there is, but it's not common for obvious reasons. One example is "nullisomic" (having zero copies of a chromosome instead of the normal two). Double sharp (talk) 06:35, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing term? 

message: Is the prefix hecto- correct in this listing? It is currently listed for hex (ἕξ) in column "Ordinal Distributive". Though from my knowledge it stems from ἑκατόν (100), backed by Hectolitre. --Masl (talk) 15:29, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It's only used for 100 as an SI metric prefix, many of which are abbreviations, such as deci- for decim- (1/10) and milli- for millesim- (1/1000). Mild Bill Hiccup (talk) 08:25, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Otherwise the Greek prefix for 100 is... Georgia guy (talk) 13:09, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Prieur wrote in his explanation of the new metric system, at its legal introduction in 1795: hecto is an abbreviation of hécato or hécaton, meaning hundred, a hundred times. Actually hectos means, in Greek, sixth; so the entire word hecaton would have been preferred if it had not been too long for compound words. Furthermore, hecato and hecaton do not sound well in French, a serious drawback for a prefix that should become familiar. Hellenists will be aware that hecto is an abbreviation of hecaton ; but others will not care.  Ceinturion (talk) 14:43, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  hecto- 

message: If mono- is a Greek prefix and bi- is a Latin prefix, then why do we have mono/bi word pairs like monolingual/bilingual, monogamous/bigamous, monopod/bipod, etc.?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.21.29.157 (talk) 22:40, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It's because they are neologisms. They were not created to communicate with the dead from Ancient Greek or Rome. Ceinturion (talk) 15:00, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mixed Greek/Latin prefix series? 

message: I know i added some now but can someone explain why back then there were no latin prefixes for 22,24,25,31,120,2000,3000,5000,10000,80000, and 100000? Could someone explain why they didn't add any latin prefixes before? 24.150.136.68 (talk) 11:03, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  No latin prefixes for 22,24,25? 

message: Much as we list Greek-based "poly-" and Latin-based "multi-" for "many", I think we should list Greek-based "oligo-" for "few".  If there is a corresponding Latin-based prefix, we'd list that too.  If you know the Latin-based prefix for "few" would you add both of these?  64.132.59.226 (talk) 17:12, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I know only one word with that prefix, Oligocene, which was a geologic period 30 million years ago. "Poly" and "multi" are prefixes for an unspecified number, but how is oligo- used as a numerical prefix?? Georgia guy (talk) 17:17, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oligo- 

message: The 70th Latin ordinal is listed on the page as septuagesima-.  Is that correct?  The pattern would seem to imply that the 70th ordinal should be septuagesim-.Can someone please confirm whether septuagesima- is indeed the correct ordinal?Thanks in advance,allixpeeke (talk) 11:19, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you're correct. Thanks for noticing. Mild Bill Hiccup (talk) 08:59, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  septuagesima- 

message: Brit here. I do believe that fourth is only used for the fractional ¼ in North America, everywhere else in the world it's a quarter.*
*Except 25c is a quarter-dollar, because you just love to contradict yourselves… ;o)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margolotta (talk • contribs) 01:49, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fourth vs Quarter 

message: I suggest deleting "holo- ("entire", "full") e.g. holocaust, holography" from the Greek prefix "one".
In neither of the examples does the prefix mean "one" ("holocaust," for example, means "entirely burnt", not "burnt once".  If we keep it, we need a better example and a citation. Geoffrey.landis (talk) 16:15, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Let's delete holo 

message: Somebody please remove the nonsense from the bottom of the table. Georgia guy (talk) 00:14, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsense 

message: The origin of the month name 'October' is linked to Octavia E. Butler. This seems like an error. Frogger430 (talk) 13:42, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and corrected the links pertaining to the correct Roman Calendar months RobiBuecheler (talk) 07:18, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Octavia E. Butler 

message: towards the end of the table, Million, Billion, etc. are listed, but there is a problem when it comes to short- vs. long form where 
(short US) Billion (109) is also (long non-US) Milliard (109 or Thousand Million), and 
(short US) Trillion (1012) is equivalent to (long non-US) Billion (1012).
This needs to be fixed either in the table or by linking to English numerals#Very large numbers or Long and short scales. RobiBuecheler (talk) 07:04, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table of number prefixes in English