decumanus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
decumus (“tenth”) + -ānus
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɛ.kʊˈmaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪e.kuˈmaː.nus]
Adjective
decumānus (feminine decumāna, neuter decumānum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) tenth; of the tenth
- concerned with or relating to tithes or the collection of tithes
- concerned with or relating to the tenth cohort or legion
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | decumānus | decumāna | decumānum | decumānī | decumānae | decumāna | |
| genitive | decumānī | decumānae | decumānī | decumānōrum | decumānārum | decumānōrum | |
| dative | decumānō | decumānae | decumānō | decumānīs | |||
| accusative | decumānum | decumānam | decumānum | decumānōs | decumānās | decumāna | |
| ablative | decumānō | decumānā | decumānō | decumānīs | |||
| vocative | decumāne | decumāna | decumānum | decumānī | decumānae | decumāna | |
Noun
decumānus m (genitive decumānī); second declension
- a tithe farmer or collector
- a street that ran east–west in a Roman town or military camp
- Coordinate term: cardō
- (Medieval Latin) a type of priest in northern Italy, later specifically in Milan, who originally acted as papal missionaries
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | decumānus | decumānī |
| genitive | decumānī | decumānōrum |
| dative | decumānō | decumānīs |
| accusative | decumānum | decumānōs |
| ablative | decumānō | decumānīs |
| vocative | decumāne | decumānī |
References
- “decumanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decumanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "decumanus", 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)
- decumanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “decumanus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill