sescenti

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: sescentī, sexcentī     Ordinal: sescentēsimus     Distributive: sescēnus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: DC

Etymology

From sex (“six”) + centum (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sesˈken.tiː/, [s̠ɛs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seʃˈʃen.ti/, [seʃˈʃɛn̪t̪i]

Numeral

sescentī (feminine sescentae, neuter sescenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only

1. 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.

Number	Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sescentī	sescentae	sescenta
Genitive	sescentōrum	sescentārum	sescentōrum
Dative	sescentīs
Accusative	sescentōs	sescentās	sescenta
Ablative	sescentīs
Vocative	sescentī	sescentae	sescenta

Descendants

• Direct reflexes:
  • >? Sardinian: seschentos
• Later formations ('six' + 'hundred'):
  • Catalan: sis-cents
  • French: six cents
  • Italian: seicento
  • Occitan: sièis cents
  • Portuguese: seiscentos
  • Spanish: seiscientos

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

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.