Numerical Prefixes
The Greek numerical prefixes are used for naming things like polygons, polyhedra and polynomials::
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mono = 1
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di = 2
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tri = 3
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tetra = 4
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penta = 5
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hexa = 6
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hepta = 7
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octa = 8
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ennea = 9
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deca = 10
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hendeca = 11
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dodeca = 12
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triskaideca = 13
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tetrakaideca...enneakaideca = 14...19
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icosa = 20
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icosikaihena = 21
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icosidi...icosiennea = 22...29
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triaconta = 30
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tetraconta...enneaconta = 40..90
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hecto | hecato = 100
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chilia = 1000
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myria = 10000
The word "kai", meaning and, is often omitted. Chemistry uses a slightly different set of prefixes, two of which come from latin::
And the rest of which are pretty much made up::
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henicosa = 21
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docosa...nonacosa = 22...29
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hentriaconta...nonatriaconta = 31...39
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kilia = 1000
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dilia...nonalia = 2000...9000
And, finally, for large numbers these prefixes are used:
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bi = 2
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tri = 3
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quadra = 4
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quinta = 5
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sexta = 6
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septa = 7
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octo = 8
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nona = 9
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deca = 10
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undeca = 11
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dodeca = 12
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tredeca = 13
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quattuordeca = 14
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quinquedeca = 15
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sexdeca = 16
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septendeca = 17
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octodeca = 18
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novemdeca = 19
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viginti = 20
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unviginti...novemviginti = 21...29
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triginti = 30
Some of these suffices need checking, since these are not quite the latin names of the numbers...but in the actual compounds (e.g. octillion, vigintillion) they disappear.
See also ReallyBigNumbers