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Latin
Etymology
de + uncia
Pronunciation
Because of Osthoff's Law, the length of the vowel in the second syllable is uncertain; see the note at uncia.
Noun
deū̆nx m (genitive deū̆ncis); third declension
- eleven twelfths
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
References
- “deunx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deunx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deunx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “deunx”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “deunx”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin