numeralfirst/second-declension numeral, plural only
trecentī
trecentī (feminine trecentae, neuter trecenta)
Classical[trɛˈkɛn.tiː]Ecclesiastical[treˈt͡ʃɛn.ti]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- numeralpluralplural onlythree hundred; 300
Caesar exposito exercitu et loco castris idoneo capto, ubi ex captivis cognovit quo in loco hostium copiae consedissent, cohortibus decem ad mare relictis et equitibus trecentis, qui praesidio navibus essent […]
Caesar, having disembarked his army and chosen a convenient place for the camp, when he discovered from the prisoners in what part the forces of the enemy had lodged themselves, having left ten cohorts and 300 horse at the sea, to be a guard to the ships, hastens to the enemy […]c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 5.9
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | trecentī | trecentae | trecenta |
| genitive | trecentōrum | trecentārum | trecentōrum |
| accusative | trecentōs | trecentās | trecenta |
| vocative | trecentī | trecentae | trecenta |
trĕcenti (trĭcenti, Col. 5, 2, 5), ae, a (
I. gen. plur. trecentūm. Cic. Dom. 44, 116; Liv. 22, 37), num. adj. tres-centum, three hundred:
nummi Philippii, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 38: Leonidas se in Thermopylis trecentosque eos, quos eduxerat Spartā, opposuit hostibus, Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97: ad trecentos viros trucidavit, id. Phil. 3, 4, 10: juvenes, Verg. A. 10, 173: usque ad milia basiem trecenta, Cat. 48, 3; so, trecenta milia, id. 9, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 164: trecenta debet Titius, Mart. 4, 37, 2: a sene postquam patruo venere trecenta, id. 12, 70, 7.—To denote an indefinitely large number: causae, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 95: versus, id. Pers. 3, 3, 6: verba, id. Trin. 4, 2, 122: amatorem trecentae Pirithoum cohibent catenae, Hor. C. 3, 4, 79: amici, Cat. 9, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trecentī ae, a, num adj.
tres+centum, three hundred : se trecentosque eos opposuit hostibus: iuvenes, V.: milia modium tritici, L.: amatorem trecentae cohibent catenae, i. e. innumerable , H.
Origins
From trēs (“three”) + centum (“hundred”).
Direct reflexes
- Spanishtrecientosfrom Old Spanish trezientos
- Portuguesetrezentos
- Sardiniantrechentos
- Sardiniantreghentos
- Sardiniantrexentus
- Friuliantrezinte
- Liguriantregent
- Lombardtrezent
- Old Catalantreents
- Venetantrezento
Later formations ('three' + 'hundred')
- Catalantres-cents
- Frenchtrois cents
- Italiantrecento
- Occitantres cents
- Spanishtrescientos