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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Decius m sg (genitive Deciī or Decī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Publius Decius Mus, a Roman consul

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Decius
Genitive Deciī
Decī1
Dative Deciō
Accusative Decium
Ablative Deciō
Vocative Decī

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

Derived terms

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References

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