centum

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[edit] Etymology

Latin centum (“‘hundred’”), the canonical example of a word retaining an original velar stop, as opposed to Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬇𐬩 (satəm).

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centum (not comparable)

Positive
centum

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. (linguistics) referring to a Proto-Indo-European language group that did not produce sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.

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centum inv.

  1. used only in the term lingua centum

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Latin cardinal numbers
 <  XCIX C CI
    Cardinal : centum
    Ordinal : centēsimus
    Adverbial : centiēns
    Multiplier : centumplex
    Distributive : centēnī
Latin Wikipedia article on centum

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  • Symbol: C

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Formal cognates include Sanskrit शत (śata), Old Church Slavonic съто (sŭto) and Old English hund.

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centum (indeclinable)

  1. (cardinal) a hundred; 100
    • 29 BCE — Virgil, Georgicon, Book IV, lines 381-383
      Simul ipsa precatur Oceanumque patrem rerum Nymphasque sorores centum quae silvas, centum quae flumina servant.
      Together she entreats father Ocean, and the sister-nymphs who guard a hundred forests and a hundred streams.

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The numeral centum behaves like an indeclinable adjective. See Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals for additional information.

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