duodecim

Latin

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Cardinal: duodecim     Ordinal: duodecimus     Adverbial: duodeciēs, duodeciēns     Multiplier: duodecuplus, duodecuplex, duodecimplus, duodecimplex, duodecemplus, duodecemplex     Distributive: duodēnus     Fractional: ū̆ncia

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XII

Etymology

From duo (“two”) +‎ decem (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /duˈo.de.kim/, [d̪uˈɔd̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /duˈo.de.t͡ʃim/, [d̪uˈɔːd̪et͡ʃim]

Numeral

duodecim (indeclinable)

1. twelve; 12
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.19:

     Atque omnium primum ad cursus lunae in duodecim menses discribit annum

     First of all he divided the year into twelve months, corresponding to the moon's revolutions

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Ioannes.20.24:

     Thomas autem unus ex duodecim qui dicitur Didymus non erat cum eis quando venit Iesus

     But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

2. dozen

Derived terms

• duodecennis (Late Latin)
• duodecennium

Related terms

• duodenī

Descendants

• Dalmatian:
  • dotco
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: dodeci, dodici
  • Italian: dodici
  • Sicilian: dùdici
• North Italian:
  • Emilian: dodes
  • Friulian: dodis
  • Ladin: dodesc
  • Ligurian: doze
  • Old Lombard: dodex
    • Lombard: dudes
      • → Piedmontese: dódes
  • Piedmontese: doze, dodze
  • Romansch: dudesch
  • Venetian: dodexe
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: doze
    • French: douze
    • Norman: douze
    • Walloon: doze
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: dotze
  • Occitan: dotze
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: dotze
  • Asturian: doce
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: doze
    • Galician: doce
    • Portuguese: doze
  • Old Spanish: doze, dodze
    • Ladino: dodje
    • Spanish: doce (see there for further descendants)
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: doighi

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• duodecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.