Latin edit

Etymology edit

de +‎ uncia

Pronunciation edit

Because of Osthoff's Law, the length of the vowel in the second syllable is uncertain; see the note at uncia.

Noun edit

deū̆nx m (genitive deū̆ncis); third declension

  1. eleven twelfths

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deū̆nx deū̆ncēs
Genitive deū̆ncis deū̆ncium
Dative deū̆ncī deū̆ncibus
Accusative deū̆ncem deū̆ncēs
deū̆ncīs
Ablative deū̆nce deū̆ncibus
Vocative deū̆nx deū̆ncēs

References edit

  • deunx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • deunx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • deunx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • deunx”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • deunx”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ^ Sayeed, Ollie (01 Jan 2017) "Osthoff’s Law in Latin", in Indo-European Linguistics, Volume 5, Issue 1, page 156