Unus ex duodecim.
You say 'duodecimus'
Twelve cents. Which literally means 12 hundredths, in Latin.
One in Latin is "unus"
Twelve point zero zero one.
Duodecim.
To say bye in Latin you say "Vale" when you are saying bye to one person. To say bye to mare then one person you say "Valete"
Undecim - eleven Duodecim - twelve
Black is nigrum in latin.
Twelve = Duodecim
AnswerSome say the significance was that there were traditionally twelve tribes of Israel Some say the significance was that there are twelve constellations in the zodiac. Some say both, one leading to the other.
One would suffice in mathematics, because twelve twelfths of something is a whole.
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