centiens
Latin
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| Cardinal: centum Ordinal: centēsimus Adverbial: centiēs, centiēns Proportional: centuplus, centumplus Multiplier: centumplex, centuplex, centumgeminus Distributive: centēnus Fractional: centēsimus | ||||
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editAdverb
editcentiēns (not comparable)
References
edit- “centiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “centiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- centiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom cen(sties) (“to strive for”) + -iens.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editcentiens m (1st declension)
- (usually plural) efforts, aspirations (desires or actions taken towards a certain goal)
- drosmīgi centieni ― courageous efforts
- progresīvi centieni ― progressive efforts, aspirations
- tautu brīvības centieni ― the people's efforts, aspiration for freedom
- jaunatnes izglītības centieni ― young people's efforts, aspiration for education
- nepiepildīti centieni ― unfulfilled efforts, aspirations
- viņa pirmais stāstu kopojums rāda, ka mums darīšana ar neapšaubāmi apdāvinātu prozaiķi, kas negrib atkārtoties, bet pateikt kaut ko savu... lai viņa literārie centieni piepildās! ― his first short story collection shows that we are dealing with an undoubtably gifted prose writer who does not want to repeat, but rather to say something of his own... may his literary efforts, aspirations be fulfilled!
Declension
editDeclension of centiens (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | centiens | centieni |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | centienu | centienus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | centiena | centienu |
| dative (datīvs) | centienam | centieniem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | centienu | centieniem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | centienā | centienos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | centien | centieni |