Videolxxxviii
The Roman numeral lxxxviii is a specific adjective used to represent the number eighty-eight. While it is less common in modern everyday writing, it remains a staple of formal, historical, and stylistic contexts. You will frequently encounter it in book prefaces, copyright dates, and chapter headings. This lesson explores how lxxxviii functions as a numeral denoting a quantity eight units greater than eighty. We examine its use in historical manuscripts and formal inscriptions, such as recording the length of a king's reign. Watch this lesson to master the identification and application of this numeral in formal English.