sescenti

Latin

**Latin numbers ^(edit)**
← 500	DC 600	700 →
	60
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

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.

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