decalogus

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek δεκάλογος (dekálogos)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɛˈka.ɫɔ.ɡʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪eˈkaː.lo.ɡus]

Noun

decalogus m (genitive decalogī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Decalogue

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	decalogus	decalogī
genitive	decalogī	decalogōrum
dative	decalogō	decalogīs
accusative	decalogum	decalogōs
ablative	decalogō	decalogīs
vocative	decaloge	decalogī

Descendants

• → Catalan: decàleg
• → Finnish: dekalogi
• → Middle French: decalogue
  • French: décalogue
  • → English: Decalogue
• → German: Dekalog
• → Italian: decalogo
• → Occitan: Decalòg
• → Polish: dekalog
• → Portuguese: decálogo
• → Slovak: dekalóg
• → Spanish: decálogo
  • → Tagalog: dekalogo

Further reading

• “decalogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decalogus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.