Decidius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈki.di.us/, [d̪eːˈkɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃi.di.us/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃiːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Dēcidius m sg (genitive Dēcidiī or Dēcidī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Decidius Saxa, a Roman general

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dēcidius
Genitive	Dēcidiī Dēcidī1
Dative	Dēcidiō
Accusative	Dēcidium
Ablative	Dēcidiō
Vocative	Dēcidī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Decidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Decidius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.