decussis

Latin

Etymology

From decem and as.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈkus.sis/, [d̪ɛˈkʊs̠ːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈkus.sis/, [d̪eˈkusːis]

Noun

decussis f (genitive decussis); third declension

1. ten (number)
2. a coin worth ten asses

Declension

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

Derived terms

• decussō

Descendants

• Italian: decusse
• Portuguese: decusse

References

• “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