octingenti
Latin edit
| ← 700 | DCCC 800 |
900 → |
|---|---|---|
| 80[a], [b] | ||
| Cardinal: octingentī Ordinal: octingentēsimus Distributive: octingēnus | ||
Alternative forms edit
- Symbol: DCCC
Etymology edit
From octō (“eight”) + centum (“hundred”). Influenced by septingentī.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ok.tinˈɡen.tiː/, [ɔkt̪ɪŋˈɡɛn̪t̪iː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ok.tinˈd͡ʒen.ti/, [okt̪in̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪i]
Numeral edit
octingentī (feminine octingentae, neuter octingenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only
- eight hundred; 800
Usage notes edit
Used as a plural adjective. For more information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers.
Declension edit
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 edit
- Later formations ('eight' + 'hundred'):
- Catalan: vuit-cents
- French: huit cents
- Italian: ottocento
- Occitan: uèch cents
- Portuguese: oitocentos
- Spanish: ochocientos
See also edit
References edit
- “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.