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Originally posted by JadziaDax
What you seek are the "ordinal" numbers (as opposed to "cardinal" or "nominal"). And since our language is mostly derived from Latin, it would follow that our numbering system would get its names from Latin as well.
1st primus (primary)
2nd secundus (secondary)
3rd tertius (tertiary)
4th quartus (quartiary)
5th quintus (quintiary)
6th sextus (sextiary)
Although, I've rarely seen anything over "tertiary" used.
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Good God JadziaDax, do you know everything?