decimo

See also: décimo and decimò

Italian

Italian ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : dieci     Ordinal : decimo

Pronunciation

• dècimo, IPA^(key): /ˈdɛtʃimo/

Etymology 1

From Latin decimus (“the tenth”). Cf. also the place name Diecimo.

Adjective

decimo (feminine singular decima, masculine plural decimi, feminine plural decime)

1. tenth

Noun

decimo m (plural decimi, feminine decima)

1. tenth (the one in tenth position)

decimo m (plural decimi)

1. tenth (fraction)

Related terms

• decima
• dieci

Etymology 2

A regular conjugated form of decimare; compare the Latin decimō.

Verb

decimo

1. first-person singular present of decimare

Related terms

• deci-

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Anagrams

• medico, medicò

References

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Latin

Etymology

From decimus (“tenth”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ki.moː/, [ˈd̪ɛ.kɪ.moː]

Verb

decimō (present infinitive decimāre, perfect active decimāvī, supine decimātum); first conjugation

1. To decimate (select every tenth person for punishment)
   • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 1.37:

     horror animum subit quotiens recordor feralem introitum et hanc solam Galbae victoriam, cum in oculis urbis decimari deditos iuberet, quos deprecantis in fidem acceperat.

     Horror overtakes me when I think back to that gruesome entry [in Rome], which was Galba's only victory, when before the eyes of the city he ordered the prisoners to be decimated, after he had accepted their pleas for surrender.

   • 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita divi Augusti.24:

     cohortes, si quae cessissent loco, decimatas hordeo pauit.

     Cohorts, if they hadn't stood their ground, he decimated and fed on barley.

   • 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita Caligulae.48:

     prius quam provincia decederet, consilium iniit nefandae atrocitatis legiones, quae post excessum Augusti seditionem olim moverant, contrucidandi, quod et patrem suum Germanicum ducem et se infantem tunc obsedissent, vixque a tam praecipiti cogitatione revocatus, inhiberi nullo modo potuit quin decimare velle perseveraret.

     Before leaving the province, he formed a plan of unspeakable cruelty: to slaughter the legions that had once mutinied on Augustus's passing, because they had held both his father Germanicus, their commander, and himself as an infant captive at the time – and though he was with great effort talked out of such a rash thought, he could in no way be dissuaded from persevering in wanting to decimate them.

2. To pay tithes

Conjugation

Conjugation of decimō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	decimō	decimās	decimat	decimāmus	decimātis	decimant
	imperfect	decimābam	decimābās	decimābat	decimābāmus	decimābātis	decimābant
	future	decimābō	decimābis	decimābit	decimābimus	decimābitis	decimābunt
	perfect	decimāvī	decimāvistī	decimāvit	decimāvimus	decimāvistis	decimāvērunt, decimāvēre
	pluperfect	decimāveram	decimāverās	decimāverat	decimāverāmus	decimāverātis	decimāverant
	future perfect	decimāverō	decimāveris	decimāverit	decimāverimus	decimāveritis	decimāverint
passive	present	decimor	decimāris, decimāre	decimātur	decimāmur	decimāminī	decimantur
	imperfect	decimābar	decimābāris, decimābāre	decimābātur	decimābāmur	decimābāminī	decimābantur
	future	decimābor	decimāberis, decimābere	decimābitur	decimābimur	decimābiminī	decimābuntur
	perfect	decimātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	decimātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	decimātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	decimem	decimēs	decimet	decimēmus	decimētis	deciment
	imperfect	decimārem	decimārēs	decimāret	decimārēmus	decimārētis	decimārent
	perfect	decimāverim	decimāverīs	decimāverit	decimāverīmus	decimāverītis	decimāverint
	pluperfect	decimāvissem	decimāvissēs	decimāvisset	decimāvissēmus	decimāvissētis	decimāvissent
passive	present	decimer	decimēris, decimēre	decimētur	decimēmur	decimēminī	decimentur
	imperfect	decimārer	decimārēris, decimārēre	decimārētur	decimārēmur	decimārēminī	decimārentur
	perfect	decimātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	decimātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	decimā	—	—	decimāte	—
	future	—	decimātō	decimātō	—	decimātōte	decimantō
passive	present	—	decimāre	—	—	decimāminī	—
	future	—	decimātor	decimātor	—	—	decimantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		decimāre	decimāvisse	decimātūrum esse	decimārī	decimātum esse	decimātum īrī
participles		decimāns	—	decimātūrus	—	decimātus	decimandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		decimandī	decimandō	decimandum	decimandō	decimātum	decimātū

Synonyms

• decumo

Descendants

• Catalan: delmar
• English: decimate
• French: décimer
• Galician: decimar

• Italian: decimare
• Portuguese: dizimar, decimar
• Romanian: decima
• Spanish: diezmar

References

• decimo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette