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Latin
Etymology
From trēs (“three”) + centum (“hundred”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
trecentī (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
Usage notes
Used as a plural adjective. For more information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective, plural only.
Descendants
- Later formations ('three' + 'hundred'):
- Direct reflexes:
See also
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.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “trecenti”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 674