decem
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Latin [edit]
| < IX | X | XI > |
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| Cardinal : decem Ordinal : decimus Adverbial : deciēns Multiplier : decemplex Distributive : dēnī |
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Alternative forms [edit]
- Symbol: X
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t. Cognates include Sanskrit दश (daśa), Ancient Greek δέκα (deka), Old English tīen (English ten).
Pronunciation [edit]
Numeral [edit]
decem (indeclinable)
- (cardinal) ten; 10
- p. 52 BCE, Gaius Iulius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico, Book V, sect. ix
- Caesar exposito exercitu et loco castris idoneo capto, ubi ex captivis cognovit quo in loco hostium copiae consedissent, cohortibus decem ad mare relictis et equitibus trecentis, qui praesidio navibus essent […]
- "Caesar, having disembarked his army and chosen a convenient place for the camp, when he discovered from the prisoners in what part the forces of the enemy had lodged themselves, having left ten cohorts and 300 horse at the sea, to be a guard to the ships, hastens to the enemy […] "
- Caesar exposito exercitu et loco castris idoneo capto, ubi ex captivis cognovit quo in loco hostium copiae consedissent, cohortibus decem ad mare relictis et equitibus trecentis, qui praesidio navibus essent […]
- ca. 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XV, lines 422-423
- sic magna fuit censuque virisque perque decem potuit tantum dare sanguinis annos
- "Thus Troy stood great in wealth and men, and for ten years was able to give freely of her blood."
- sic magna fuit censuque virisque perque decem potuit tantum dare sanguinis annos
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Marcus 10:41
- et audientes decem coeperunt indignari de Iacobo et Iohanne
- "And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John."
- et audientes decem coeperunt indignari de Iacobo et Iohanne
- p. 52 BCE, Gaius Iulius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico, Book V, sect. ix
