LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeralfirst/second-declension numeral, plural only

quīngentī

quīngentī (feminine quīngentae, neuter quīngenta)
Classical[kʷiːŋˈɡɛn.tiː]Ecclesiastical[kʷin̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn.ti]
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Meaning

  1. numeralpluralplural onlyfive hundred; 500

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequīngentīquīngentaequīngenta
genitivequīngentōrumquīngentārumquīngentōrum
accusativequīngentōsquīngentāsquīngenta
vocativequīngentīquīngentaequīngenta

quingenti (old orthogr. quincenti, acc. to Fest. p. 254 Müll.), ae, a (
I. gen. plur. quingentum, Liv. 10, 37, 5, etc.: quingentorum, Tac. A. 6, 34; Just. 2, 11), num. adj. quinque-centum.
I. Five hundred: quingentos uno ictu occidere, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 52: non plus mille quingentum aeris afferre, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40: drachmae, Hor. S. 2, 7, 43; Suet. Galb. 5: quingentum milium verborum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 37 Müll.; so, quingentum, Gell. 7, 14, 8: quingentorum milium, Just. 2, 11, 15.—
II. Indefinitely, for a great number, five hundred, Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 31; cf.: milia quingenta, thousands upon thousands, Cat. 95, 3.

Origins

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

Later formations ('five' + 'hundred')
  • Catalancinc-cents
  • Frenchcinq cents
  • Italiancinquecento
  • Occitancinc cents
  • Aragonesecinc-cientos
  • Aragonesecinco-cientos
Direct reflexes
  • Portuguesequinhentos
  • Spanishquinientos
  • Asturianquinientos
  • Galicianquiñentos

Quick answers

What does quīngentī mean in Latin?
quīngentī, a numeral, means “five hundred; 500”.
How do you pronounce quīngentī?
In classical Latin, [kʷiːŋˈɡɛn.tiː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷin̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn.ti].