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—:60 NUMEKAL ADJECTIVES. §24A thousand vr&s marked CIO, which was afterwards expressedby M, the initial of mille. Five hundred is marked 10, afterwardschanged into D.The annexing of to 10 makes its value ten times greater ;thus, 100 denotes five thousand; 1000, fifty thousand.In like manner, a C prefixed, together with another annexedto "the numerals CIO, always increases the value tenfold;thus, CIO, a thousand; CCIOO, ten thousand; CCCIOOO,a hundred thousand. Any higher number than this, accordingto Pliny, was expressed by repetition; thus, CCCIOOO,CCCIOOO, two hundred thousand.Thousands are sometimes_expressed by a line drawn_overthe numeral letters; thus, III denotes three thousand; X, tenthousand, &c.II.ORDINAL NUMBERS.105.—The Ordinal Numerals are formed from the cardinal;they all end in us, and are declined like bonus (98-1); as,primus, first; secundus, second; &c. (See the following table.)III.DISTRIBUTIVE NUMBERS.106.Distributive numerals distribute an equal number toeach individual of several objects, or an equal number at differenttimes. They answer the question, How many to each?or, How many each time ] as, blni, two each, or two at atime, two by two. They are all plural, and declined like thepiural of bonus (98-1) ; but usually have um instead of drumin the genitive ; as, singuli, w, a ; &c.The following table contains the ordinal and distributivenumbers, and the corresponding numeral adverbsOrdinal. Distributive. Numeral Adverbs.1. Primus, first, Singuli, one by one, Semel, once.2. Secundus, second, Bini, two by two, Bis, twice.3, Tertius, third, Terni, or triini, (fee, Ter, thrice.4. Quartus,