centennium
English
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin centennium (“period of 100 years”), from centennis (“100-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”). Cognate with centennial.
Noun
editcentennium (plural centennia)
- (rare) Synonym of century: A period of 100 years.
- Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, decennium, vicennium, tricennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
Derived terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom centennis (“100-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”).
Noun
editcentennium n (genitive centenniī or centennī); second declension
- (Late Latin) century: a period of 100 years
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | centennium | centennia |
Genitive | centenniī centennī1 |
centenniōrum |
Dative | centenniō | centenniīs |
Accusative | centennium | centennia |
Ablative | centenniō | centenniīs |
Vocative | centennium | centennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- → English: centennium, centennial
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