ducenti
Latin
← 100 | CC 200 |
300 → [a], [b] |
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20 | ||
Cardinal: ducentī Ordinal: ducentēsimus Proportional: ducentuplus Distributive: ducēnus |
Etymology 1
From duo (“two”) + centum (“hundred”).
Alternative forms
- Symbol: CC
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /duˈken.tiː/, [d̪ʊˈkɛn̪t̪iː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /duˈt͡ʃen.ti/, [d̪uˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪i]
Numeral
ducentī (feminine ducentae, neuter ducenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only
- two hundred; 200
Usage notes
Used as a plural adjective. For more information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective, plural only.
Number | Plural | ||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | ducentī | ducentae | ducenta |
Genitive | ducentōrum | ducentārum | ducentōrum |
Dative | ducentīs | ||
Accusative | ducentōs | ducentās | ducenta |
Ablative | ducentīs | ||
Vocative | ducentī | ducentae | ducenta |
Descendants
- Direct reflexes:
- Later formations ('two' + 'hundred'):
- Catalan: dos-cents
- French: deux cents
- Italian: duecento
- Occitan: dos cents
- Spanish: doscientos
- Borrowings:
- → Esperanto: ducent
See also
Etymology 2
Inflected form of dūcēns, which is a participle of dūcō.
Participle
(deprecated template usage) dūcentī
References
- “ducenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ducenti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “ducenti”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 214
- duecènto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana