Latin

Alternative forms

• Symbol: CCC

Numeral

trecentī m pl ‎(feminine Trecenti}ae, neuter trecenta); first/second declension -->

1. (cardinal) three hundred; 300
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.9

     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 […]

Inflection

First/second declension, no singular.

Usage notes

Used as a plural adjective. For more information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals.

Descendants

• Italian: trecento
• Portuguese: trezentos
• Spanish: trescientos

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

• trecenti in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• trecenti in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “trecenti”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.