decimus

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Latin

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    Cardinal: decem, decim
    Ordinal: decimus
    Adverbial: deciēs, deciēns
    Proportional: decuplus, decemplus
    Multiplier: decemplex, decuplex
    Distributive: dēnus
    Fractional: decima, decimus

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dekemos, from *dekem (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Related to decem.

Pronunciation

Numeral

decimus (feminine decima, neuter decimum); first/second-declension numeral

  1. tenth; the ordinal number after nonus and before undecimus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative decimus decima decimum decimī decimae decima
genitive decimī decimae decimī decimōrum decimārum decimōrum
dative decimō decimae decimō decimīs
accusative decimum decimam decimum decimōs decimās decima
ablative decimō decimā decimō decimīs
vocative decime decima decimum decimī decimae decima

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “decimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “decimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “decem”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
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