I am trying to create a javascript which lets me create numeral adverbs (and cardinal numbers) from 1-999. It works for the cardinal numbers 1-999 and numeral adverbs 1-99, 100, 200, etc. But I do not know how to construct numeral adverbs beyond 100.
Would “357”, for example, be septie(n)s et quinquagie(n)s et trecentie(n)s, or does the construction change beyond 100?
Also, what are the numeral adverbs for 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900? A&G does not list those. If I adapt the cardinal numbers, I get quadringentie(n)s, quingentie(n)s, sexagentie(n)s, octingentie(n)s, nongentie(n)s. Is that correct?
Thirdly, there are these variant spellings like septies and septiens. Is one of these a clearly dominant spelling, or is it merely a matter of taste?
Avellanus, in his book Palaestra, offers an apparently exhaustive account of how numbers work in Latin. Pensum Ocatvum (beginning on p. 221) is where all of his number talk starts, and it looks like it even goes into Pensum Nonum.
What you might be looking for can be found on pp. 235-237, where e.g. he has 3,500,930tricies et quinquies centena millia, nongenta triginta, among many other examples.
Thank you for the hint. I can certainly need some help. Perhaps I can also get some insight into Mr. Avellanus’ (rather idiosyncratic as far as I can see) use of distributives. He uses those extremely frequently in his translations of novels, often in instances when I would have expected plain ordinal numbers.