decanus

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Latin

Etymology

From decem (“ten”) +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deˈkaː.nus/,

Noun

decānus m (genitive decānī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. chief of ten people (in various contexts)
  2. dean

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative decānus decānī
Genitive decānī decānōrum
Dative decānō decānīs
Accusative decānum decānōs
Ablative decānō decānīs
Vocative decāne decānī

Descendants

References

  • “decanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • decanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “decanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decanus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “decanus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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