decimus

See also: Decimus

Contents

LatinEdit

Latin ordinal numbers

<  9th	10th	11th  >
Cardinal : decem     Ordinal : decimus     Adverbial : deciēns     Multiplier : decemplex     Distributive : dēnī

Alternative formsEdit

• decumus

EtymologyEdit

From decem (“ten”) + -us.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ki.mus/, [ˈdɛ.kɪ.mʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.t͡ʃi.mus/, [ˈdeː.t͡ʃi.mus]

NumeralEdit

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

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

InflectionEdit

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	decimus	decima	decimum		decimī	decimae	decima
genitive	decimī	decimae	decimī		decimōrum	decimārum	decimōrum
dative	decimō		decimō		decimīs
accusative	decimum	decimam	decimum		decimōs	decimās	decima
ablative	decimō	decimā	decimō		decimīs
vocative	decime	decima	decimum		decimī	decimae	decima

Derived termsEdit

• decima
• decimārius
• decimō

Related termsEdit

• -decim
• decimalis
• decimum

DescendantsEdit

• Asturian: décimu (borrowing), diezmu
• Catalan: dècim (borrowing)
• Dalmatian: dicto
• English: dime
• French: décime (borrowing), dîme
• Friulian: diesim

• Italian: decimo
• Old French: dixme
• Portuguese: décimo (borrowing), dízimo
• Sardinian: décimu
• Sicilian: dècimu (borrowing)
• Spanish: décimo (borrowing), diezmo

ReferencesEdit

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)