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centum

hundred

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Where it lives

Ausonius 2 · 138.89/10k
De Herediolo 2 · 89.69/10k
Divus Claudius 9 · 30.32/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 6 · 22.59/10k
Hamilcar 1 · 19.34/10k
Praefatiunculae 1 · 18.25/10k
Probus 7 · 16.98/10k
Thrasybulus 1 · 16.67/10k
Tacitus 5 · 16.2/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 5 · 15.89/10k
Timotheus 1 · 15.36/10k
Pelopidas 1 · 14.04/10k

Densest 12 of 151 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. centum — de Vaan

centum 'hundred' [num. indecL] (PL+) Derivatives: centesimus 'hundredth' (PL), centenl 'one hundred each' (Cato+), centie(n)s a hundred times' (PL+); centuria 'unit of a hundred men' (Cincius+), centurio 'centurion' (Lucil.+); ducenti '200' [adj.] (PI.+), trecenn '300' (PL), quadringenti '400' (P1.+), — [de Vaan, s.v. centum, p. 121]

2. centum — Lewis & Short

centum, indecl.

I num. [Sanscr. catam; Gr. e(-ka-to/n; Goth. hund].

I A hundred: dies, Cic. Mil. 22, 60: et septem anni, id. Sen. 5, 13.—

II Poet., for an indefinite, large number: mihi si linguae centum sint, oraque centum, Verg. G. 2, 43: centum clavibus servata, Hor. C. 2, 14, 26: centum puer artium, id. ib. 4, 1, 15: jugera, id. S. 1, 1, 50: greges, id. C. 2, 16, 33: cyathi, id. ib. 3, 8, 14: chlamydes. id. Ep. 1, 6, 41 al.; cf. Quint. 7, 10, 8; and, ludi, Tib. 1, 7, 49 Huschk.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. centum (scan p. 121; entry #252).
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. centum (scan p. 137; entry #2025).

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