What does centēsimus mean in Latin?

centēsimus, a numeral, means “hundredth”.

How do you pronounce centēsimus?

In classical Latin, [kɛnˈteː.sɪ.mʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃenˈtɛː.s̬i.mus].

Which English words come from centēsimus?

English words that go back to Latin centēsimus include centesimal, centesimate and centesimation.

numeralfirst/second-declension numeral

centēsimus

centēsimus (feminine centēsima, neuter centēsimum)

Classical[kɛnˈteː.sɪ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃenˈtɛː.s̬i.mus]

Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

numeralhundredth

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

pars centum

centēsimus -a -um — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 11

Declension

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	centēsimus	centēsima	centēsimum
genitive	centēsimī	centēsimae	centēsimī
dative	centēsimō	centēsimae	centēsimō
accusative	centēsimum	centēsimam	centēsimum
ablative	centēsimō	centēsimā	centēsimō
vocative	centēsime	centēsima	centēsimum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	centēsimī	centēsimae	centēsima
genitive	centēsimōrum	centēsimārum	centēsimōrum
dative	centēsimīs	centēsimīs	centēsimīs
accusative	centēsimōs	centēsimās	centēsima
ablative	centēsimīs	centēsimīs	centēsimīs
vocative	centēsimī	centēsimae	centēsima

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ternae centesimae: 36 per cent per annum.
binis centesimis fenerari: to lend at 24 per cent.
vitam ad annum centesimum perducere: to reach one's hundredth year, to live to be a hundred.
centesimae (sc. usurae) (Att. 5. 21. 11): interest at 1 per cent per month, 12 per cent per annum.
quaternas centesimas postulare (Att. 5. 21. 11): to demand 48 per cent.
centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12): to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest.

centēsĭmus, a, um,

I. num. ordin. [centum], the hundredth: pars, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 166: lux ab interitu Clodii, Cic. Mil. 35, 98 al.—

B. Subst.: centēsĭma, ae, f. (sc. pars), the hundredth part of a thing, as a revenue, tax, a percentage: rerum venalium, Tac. A. 1, 78; cf. id. ib. 2, 42.—And of interest, 1 per cent. monthly; therefore, acc. to our manner of computing interest, 12 per cent. annually, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11 sq.; Sen. Ben. 7, 10: binae, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165.—

II. For centuplex, a hundredfold: frux, Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24: grano, id. 18, 16, 40, § 141; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2.

Origins

Probably from Old Latin *cēsimus (“hundredth”) (from Proto-Italic *kent-tamo-), remodelled after ordinal numbers like vicēsimus (“twentieth”). Surface analysis centum (“hundred”) + -ēsimus (“-th”).

Descendants

Catalancentèsim
Frenchcentièmefrom Old French centesme
Italiancentesimo
Portuguesecentésimo
Spanishcentésimo
Siciliancintìsimu

In English words that came into English from centēsimus

centesimalcentēsimus
centesimatecentēsimātus
centesimationcentēsimātiō