ducenti Latin · revision 9481

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dwóh₁, ine-pro *dḱm̥tóm}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dʊˈkɛn.tiː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [duˈt͡ʃɛn.ti]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ducentī''' (feminine ducentae, neuter ducenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only^(Wiktionary)

+ Genitive usually ''ducentōrum'', also ''ducentum'', and Lucilius and Columella have a singular ''ducentum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[duo]] “two” and [[centum]] “hundred”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨duo⟩ to [[ine-pro|*dwoh₁|t=two]] and ⟨centum⟩ to [[ine-pro|*dḱm̥tóm|t=hundred]].^(de Vaan 2008) The Thesaurus compares [[sa|द्विशत|tr=dviśata|t=two hundred]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant two hundred, as in Cicero, and also an indefinitely large number.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical and Medieval Latin it kept the sense two hundred, as in Gildas' description of Britain as two hundred miles wide.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''duecento'', Spanish ''doscientos'' and Portuguese ''duzentos''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # [[m|en|two hundred|alt=Two hundred]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # An indefinitely large number.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ducēnī]]

+ * [[ducentēnī]]

+ * [[ducentēsimus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[duo]]

+ * [[centum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}