octingenti
Latin
| ← 700 | DCCC 800 |
900 → |
|---|---|---|
| 80[a], [b], [c] | ||
| Cardinal: octingentī Ordinal: octingentēsimus Adverbial: octingentiēs, octigentiens Proportional: octingentuplus Distributive: octingēnus, octingentēnus | ||
Alternative forms
- Symbol: DCCC
Etymology
From octō (“eight”) + centum (“hundred”). Influenced by septingentī.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔk.tɪŋˈɡɛn.tiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ok.t̪in̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn̪.t̪i]
Numeral
octingentī (feminine octingentae, neuter octingenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only
- eight hundred; 800
Usage notes
Used as a plural adjective. For more information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective, plural only.
| plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | octingentī | octingentae | octingenta |
| genitive | octingentōrum | octingentārum | octingentōrum |
| dative | octingentīs | ||
| accusative | octingentōs | octingentās | octingenta |
| ablative | octingentīs | ||
| vocative | octingentī | octingentae | octingenta |
Descendants
- Later formations ('eight' + 'hundred'):
- Catalan: vuit-cents
- French: huit cents
- Italian: ottocento
- Occitan: uèch cents
- Portuguese: oitocentos
- Spanish: ochocientos
See also
- Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers
References
- “octingenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- octingenti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.