decem primi
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom decem (“ten”) + prīmus (“first”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈde.kem ˈpriː.miː/, [ˈd̪ɛkɛ̃ˑ ˈpriːmiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.t͡ʃem ˈpri.mi/, [ˈd̪ɛːt͡ʃem ˈpriːmi]
Noun
editdecem prīmī m pl (genitive decem prīmōrum); second declension
(plural only)
- the heads or presidents of the ten decuriae which usually formed the senate in an Italian city or Roman colony.
- 80 BCE, Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino 25:
- Itaque decurionum decretum statim fit, ut decem primi proficiscantur ad L. Sullam doceantque eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit...
- Therefore a decree of their senate is immediately passed, that the ten chief men should go to Lucius Sulla, and explain to him what a man Sextus Roscius had been;
- Itaque decurionum decretum statim fit, ut decem primi proficiscantur ad L. Sullam doceantque eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit...
Usage notes
edit- Used only during the time of the Roman Republic (509 BCE - 27 BCE). Afterwards the term decaproti was used during the Roman Empire denoting a similar group.
Declension
editIndeclinable portion with a second-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | decem prīmī |
Genitive | decem prīmōrum |
Dative | decem prīmīs |
Accusative | decem prīmōs |
Ablative | decem prīmīs |
Vocative | decem prīmī |
References
edit- “decem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decemprimi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Hornblower, Simon, Spawforth, Antony (1996) Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 435