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Latin
Etymology
From sex (“six”) + centum (“hundred”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
sescentī (feminine sescentae, neuter sescenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only
- six hundred; 600
Usage notes
Used as a plural adjective. For more information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective, plural only.
Descendants
- Direct reflexes:
- Later formations ('six' + 'hundred'):
See also
References
- Pittau, Massimo. 1972. Grammatica del sardo-nuorese: Il più conservativo dei parlari neolatini. Bologna: Pàtron. §130.
Further reading
- “sescenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sescenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sescenti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.