decimus

See also: Decimus

Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: decem, decim
    Ordinal: decimus
    Adverbial: deciēs, deciēns
    Proportional: decuplus, decemplus
    Multiplier: decemplex, decuplex
    Distributive: dēnus
    Fractional: decimus

Alternative forms

  • decumus

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

    • Italo-Dalmatian:
      • Dalmatian: dicto
      • Italian: decimo
      • Sicilian: dècimu
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Gallo-Romance:
    • Ibero-Romance:
    • Borrowings:

    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