duodecennis
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
duodecim (“twelve”) + annus (“year”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [du.ɔ.dɛˈkɛn.nɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪u.o.d̪eˈt͡ʃɛn.nis]
Adjective
duodecennis (neuter duodecenne); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (Late Latin) twelve years old
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sulpicius Severus to this entry?)
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | duodecennis | duodecenne | duodecennēs | duodecennia | |
| genitive | duodecennis | duodecennium | |||
| dative | duodecennī | duodecennibus | |||
| accusative | duodecennem | duodecenne | duodecennēs duodecennīs |
duodecennia | |
| ablative | duodecennī | duodecennibus | |||
| vocative | duodecennis | duodecenne | duodecennēs | duodecennia | |
Coordinate terms
- biennis, triennis, quadriennis, quinquennis, sexennis, septuennis, octennis, novennis, decennis, undecennis, tridecennis, quattuordecennis, quindecennis, sedecennis, septendecennis, duodevicennis, undevicennis, vicennis, tricennis, quadragennis, quinquagennis, sexagennis, septuagennis, octogennis, nonagennis, centennis, ducentennis, trecentennis, quadringentennis, quingentennis, sescentennis, septingentennis, octingentennis, nongentennis, millennis
References
- “dŭŏdĕcennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dŭŏdĕcennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 564/1.