trecenti

trecenti

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : trecentī     Ordinal : trecentēsimus     Distributive : trecēnī

Alternative forms

• Symbol: CCC

Etymology

From trēs (“three”) + centum (“hundred”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /treˈken.tiː/, [trɛˈkɛn.tiː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /treˈt͡ʃen.ti/

Numeral

trecentī m pl (feminine trecentae, neuter trecenta); first/second declension-->

1. three hundred; 300
   • 100 BCE – 44 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 […]

Usage notes

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

Inflection

First/second declension, no singular.

Number	Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	trecentī	trecentae	trecenta
Genitive	trecentōrum	trecentārum	trecentōrum
Dative	trecentīs	trecentīs	trecentīs
Accusative	trecentōs	trecentās	trecenta
Ablative	trecentīs	trecentīs	trecentīs
Vocative	trecentī	trecentae	trecenta

Descendants

• Italian: trecento
• Portuguese: trezentos
• Spanish: trescientos

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

• 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