decimus

See also: Decimus

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: decem, decim     Ordinal: decimus     Adverbial: deciēs, deciēns     Proportional: decuplus, decemplus     Multiplier: decemplex, decuplex     Distributive: dēnus     Fractional: decimus

Alternative forms

• decumus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dekemos, from *dekem (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Related to decem.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛ.kɪ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.t͡ʃi.mus]

Numeral

decimus (feminine decima, neuter decimum); first/second-declension numeral

1. tenth; the ordinal number after nonus and before undecimus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	decimus	decima	decimum		decimī	decimae	decima
genitive	decimī	decimae	decimī		decimōrum	decimārum	decimōrum
dative	decimō	decimae	decimō		decimīs
accusative	decimum	decimam	decimum		decimōs	decimās	decima
ablative	decimō	decimā	decimō		decimīs
vocative	decime	decima	decimum		decimī	decimae	decima

Derived terms

• decima
• decimālis
• decimārius
• decimō
• decimum

Related terms

• -decim

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Dalmatian: dicto
  • Italian: decimo
    • → Sardinian: décimu
  • Sicilian: dècimu
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: diesim
• Gallo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Aragonese: diezma, decima
  • Old Catalan: deume
    • Catalan: delme
  • Old French: disme, dixme
    • Middle French: disme (⟨is⟩ /iː/)
      • French: dîme
      • → English: dime
  • ⇒ Gascon: desma, decima
  • Occitan: dèume, dèime
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: diezmu
  • Portuguese: dízimo
  • Spanish: diezmo
• Borrowings:
  • → Asturian: décimu
  • → Catalan: dècim
  • → English: deci-
  • → French: décime
  • → Portuguese: décimo
  • → Russian: деци- (deci-)
  • → Spanish: décimo

References

• “decimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “decem”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163