Decebalus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δεκέβαλος (Dekébalos), from Dacian *Dekebalus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈke.ba.lus/, [d̪ɛˈkɛbäɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃe.ba.lus/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛːbälus]

Proper noun

Decebalus m sg (genitive Decebalī); second declension

1. a male given name from Dacian: The last king of Dacia, defeated by Trajan in 106

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Decebalus
Genitive	Decebalī
Dative	Decebalō
Accusative	Decebalum
Ablative	Decebalō
Vocative	Decebale

References

• “Decebalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press