quadringenti

Latin

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[a], [b] ←  300	CD 400	500  →
	40
Cardinal: quadringentī     Ordinal: quadringentēsimus     Proportional: quadringentuplus     Distributive: quadringēnus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: CD

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”) + centum (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷa.drinˈɡen.tiː/, [kʷäd̪rɪŋˈɡɛn̪t̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwa.drinˈd͡ʒen.ti/, [kwäd̪rin̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪i]

Numeral

quadringentī (feminine quadringentae, neuter quadringenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only

1. four hundred; 400

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	quadringentī	quadringentae	quadringenta
genitive	quadringentōrum	quadringentārum	quadringentōrum
dative	quadringentīs
accusative	quadringentōs	quadringentās	quadringenta
ablative	quadringentīs
vocative	quadringentī	quadringentae	quadringenta

Descendants

• Later formations ('four' + 'hundred'):
  • Catalan: quatre-cents
  • French: quatre cents
  • Italian: quattrocento
  • Occitan: quatre cents
  • Portuguese: quatrocentos
  • Spanish: cuatrocientos

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “quadringenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadringenti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.