Lower-case Roman numerals may be used for page numbers in preliminary matter (preface, foreword, table of contents, etc.), subclauses and subordinate classifications in a series. A symbol placed before one of greater value subtracts. A symbol placed after another of equal or greater value adds its value e.g., II 2 and LX 60. The symbols are I, V, X, L, C, D, and M, standing respectively for 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, and 1,000 in the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.
Scroll down for complete overview of all languages. Numbers Game Counting from 0 to 100 in 23 languages. years, centuries and recurring events of major importance:ĭo not use ordinal forms ( st, nd, th, etc.) with Roman numerals. Roman numeral, any of the symbols used in a system of numerical notation based on the ancient Roman system. All counting words from 0 to 100 in 23 languages: Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish.Act II, Scene iii (act number in upper case, scene number in lower case) Iliad xi.26.numbers of volumes, chapters, tables, plates, acts and other divisions of a book or play (now often replaced with Arabic numerals):.