decussis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deˈkus.sis/, [d̪ɛˈkʊs̠ːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈkus.sis/, [d̪eˈkusːis]
Noun edit
decussis m (genitive decussis); third declension
- ten (number)
- a coin worth ten asses
- intersection of two lines in form of a cross
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | decussis | decussēs |
| Genitive | decussis | decussium |
| Dative | decussī | decussibus |
| Accusative | decussem decussim |
decussēs decussīs |
| Ablative | decusse decussī |
decussibus |
| Vocative | decussis | decussēs |
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References edit
- “decussis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decussis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “decussis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “decussis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin