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Decimus

Decimus

See also: decimus

Latin

Alternative forms

D.
Decius

Proper noun

Decimus

A masculine praenomen, originally used for a tenth-born son

See also

Quintus
Sextus
Septimus
Octavus, Octavianus

References

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

decimus

decimus

See also: Decimus

Latin

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

Alternative forms

decumus

Numeral

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
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

decimārius
decimō

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: dècim
Dalmatian: dicto
English: dime
French: décime, dîme
Italian: decimo

Old French: dixme
Portuguese: décimo, dízimo
Romanian: zecime
Sardinian: décimu
Sicilian: dècimu
Spanish: décimo, diezmo

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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decimus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.