trecenti
Latin
edit← 200 | CCC 300 |
400 → |
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30 | ||
Cardinal: trecentī, trecentum Ordinal: trecentēsimus Distributive: trecēnus |
Alternative forms
edit- Symbol: CCC
Etymology
editFrom trēs (“three”) + centum (“hundred”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /treˈken.tiː/, [t̪rɛˈkɛn̪t̪iː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /treˈt͡ʃen.ti/, [t̪reˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪i]
Numeral
edittrecentī (feminine trecentae, neuter trecenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only
- three hundred; 300
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.9:
- Caesar exposito exercitu et loco castris idoneo capto, ubi ex captivis cognovit quo in loco hostium copiae consedissent, cohortibus decem ad mare relictis et equitibus trecentis, qui praesidio navibus essent […]
- Caesar, having disembarked his army and chosen a convenient place for the camp, when he discovered from the prisoners in what part the forces of the enemy had lodged themselves, having left ten cohorts and 300 horse at the sea, to be a guard to the ships, hastens to the enemy […]
- Caesar exposito exercitu et loco castris idoneo capto, ubi ex captivis cognovit quo in loco hostium copiae consedissent, cohortibus decem ad mare relictis et equitibus trecentis, qui praesidio navibus essent […]
Usage notes
editUsed as a plural adjective. For more information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective, plural only.
Number | Plural | ||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | trecentī | trecentae | trecenta |
Genitive | trecentōrum | trecentārum | trecentōrum |
Dative | trecentīs | ||
Accusative | trecentōs | trecentās | trecenta |
Ablative | trecentīs | ||
Vocative | trecentī | trecentae | trecenta |
Descendants
edit- Later formations ('three' + 'hundred'):
- Catalan: tres-cents
- French: trois cents
- Italian: trecento
- Occitan: tres cents
- Spanish: trescientos
- Direct reflexes:
- Friulian: trezinte
- Ligurian: tregent
- Lombard: trezent
- Old Catalan: treents
- Old Spanish: trezientos
- Portuguese: trezentos
- Sardinian: trechentos treghentos, trexentus
- Venetian: trezento
See also
editReferences
edit- “trecenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “trecenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- trecenti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “trecenti”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 674