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“hundred” in Latin
centuma hundred; 100saeculumrace, breed; generation, lifetime; the amount of time between an occurrence and the death of the final person who was alcentiēnsa hundred timescenturiaany similar division, regardless of numbercentēnia hundred eachcentēnāriuscontaining a hundred; hundredfold; having won a hundred racespondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a body
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hundred
A hundred, centum (distributive, centeni). The number of 100, centuria: numerus centenarius (as number).
Space of 100 years, centum anni; centum aunorum spatium. saeculum (a “generation” = according to Etruscan and Roman computation, 100 years): a 100 times, centies: weighing 100, centenarius (e.g., pondus, containing 100 pounds; also centum libras pondo, sc. valens): 100 thousand, centum millia: ☞ centies mille, poetical. 100 years old, centenarius: to make peace for 100 years, indutias in centum annos facere.
A division of the Roman people, centuria: by hundreds, centuriatim: to divide into hundreds, centuriare: division into hundreds, centuriatus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hundred?
- The usual Latin words for “hundred” are centum, saeculum, centiēns; also centuria, centēni, centēnārius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.