quingenti

Latin

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Cardinal: quīngentī     Ordinal: quīngentēsimus     Proportional: quīngentuplus     Distributive: quīngēnus, quīngentēnus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: D

Etymology

From quīnque (“five”) + centum (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːnˈɡen.tiː/, [kʷiːŋˈɡɛn̪t̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwinˈd͡ʒen.ti/, [kwin̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪i]

Numeral

quīngentī (feminine quīngentae, neuter quīngenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only

1. five hundred; 500

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	quīngentī	quīngentae	quīngenta
genitive	quīngentōrum	quīngentārum	quīngentōrum
dative	quīngentīs
accusative	quīngentōs	quīngentās	quīngenta
ablative	quīngentīs
vocative	quīngentī	quīngentae	quīngenta

Derived terms

• quīngentēsimus
• quīngēnus

 

Descendants

• Direct reflexes:
  • Asturian: quinientos
  • Galician: quiñentos
  • Portuguese: quinhentos
  • Spanish: quinientos
• Later formations ('five' + 'hundred'):
  • Old Aragonese: cinc-cientos
  • Aragonese: cinco-cientos (Probably influenced by Spanish)
  • Catalan: cinc-cents
  • French: cinq cents
  • Italian: cinquecento
  • Occitan: cinc cents

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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