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lxxxviii

lxxxviii

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A Roman numeral that stands for the number 88
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  • The Roman numeral LXXXVIII represents eighty-eight.

Examples

  • A total of lxxxviii students graduated that year, according to the official report.

  • The ancient manuscript was dated lxxxviii years after the founding of the city.

  • He numbered the pages in lxxxviii to match the Roman style of the period.

  • In Roman numerals, lxxxviii is often used in formal contexts.

  • The Roman numeral lxxxviii is used to represent the number eighty-eight in ancient texts.

  • In the year lxxxviii, several significant events took place in Roman history.

  • The scoreboard showed lxxxviii points for the winning team after a hard-fought match.

Synonyms

eighty-eight
vslxxxviii
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The number after eighty-seven and before eighty-nine

is the same value but written with Roman numeral letters

Surface Forms

lxxxviii roman numeral

Etymology

The word lxxxviii is the Roman number for 88, made from the symbols L ('50'), X ('10'), V ('5') and I ('1'). To read it you add 50 + 30 + 8, so it equals 88.