ἑκατόν

See also: εκατόν

Ancient Greek

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    Cardinal: ἑκᾰτόν (hekatón)
    Ordinal: ἑκᾰτοστός (hekatostós)
    Adverbial: ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́κις (hekatontákis)
    Collective: ἑκατοντάς (hekatontás)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hekətón, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-ḱm̥tóm (“one hundred”), from *sem- + *ḱm̥tóm. The vowel of the first syllable is explained as from ἕν (hén).

Cognates include Old English hundred (English hundred), Latin centum, Sanskrit शत (śatá), and Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬀‎ (sata). According to Leiden scholars, another possibility is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ḱm̥tóm, which is a regular simplification of *dḱm̥tóm in their theory.

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

ἑκᾰτόν • (hekatón) (ordinal ἑκᾰτοστός, adverbial ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́κις)

  1. hundred

Derived terms

  • ἑκᾰτον- (hekaton-)
  • ἑκᾰτοντο- (hekatonto-)

Descendants

  • Greek: εκατό (ekató)
  • Mariupol Greek: като́ (kató)
  • → Katharevousa: εκατόν (ekatón)
  • → English: hecato-

See also

  • διακόσιοι (diakósioi, “two hundred”), σ΄
  • τριακόσιοι (triakósioi, “three hundred”) (triakósioi), τ΄
  • τετρακόσιοι (tetrakósioi, “four hundred”) (tetrakósioi), υ΄
  • πεντακόσιοι (pentakósioi, “five hundred”) (pentakósioi), φ΄
  • ἑξακόσιοι (hexakósioi) (hexakósioi, “six hundred”), χ΄
  • ἑπτακόσιοι (heptakósioi) (heptakósioi, “seven hundred”), ψ΄
  • ὀκτακόσιοι (oktakósioi, “eight hundred”), ω΄
  • ἐνακόσιοι (enakósioi, “nine hundred”), ϡ΄

References

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