octingenti

Latin

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	80[a], [b]
Cardinal: octingentī     Ordinal: octingentēsimus     Proportional: octingentuplus     Distributive: octingēnus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: DCCC

Etymology

From octō (“eight”) + centum (“hundred”). Influenced by septingentī.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ok.tinˈɡen.tiː/, [ɔkt̪ɪŋˈɡɛn̪t̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ok.tinˈd͡ʒen.ti/, [okt̪in̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪i]

Numeral

octingentī (feminine octingentae, neuter octingenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only

1. eight hundred; 800

Usage notes

Used as a plural adjective. For more information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective, plural only.

Number	Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	octingentī	octingentae	octingenta
Genitive	octingentōrum	octingentārum	octingentōrum
Dative	octingentīs
Accusative	octingentōs	octingentās	octingenta
Ablative	octingentīs
Vocative	octingentī	octingentae	octingenta

Descendants

• Later formations ('eight' + 'hundred'):
  • Catalan: vuit-cents
  • French: huit cents
  • Italian: ottocento
  • Occitan: uèch cents
  • Portuguese: oitocentos
  • Spanish: ochocientos

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “octingenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• octingenti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.