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Cardinal: dieci Ordinal: decimo Ordinal abbreviation: 10º Adverbial: dieci volte Multiplier: decuplo Collective: tutti e dieci Fractional: decimo | ||||
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin decimus (“the tenth”).[1] Cf. also the place name Diecimo.
Adjective[edit]
decimo (feminine decima, masculine plural decimi, feminine plural decime)
Noun[edit]
decimo m (plural decimi)
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Etymology 2[edit]
A regular conjugated form of decimare; compare the Latin decimō.
Verb[edit]
decimo
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References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From decimus (“tenth”) + -ō.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.ki.moː/, [ˈd̪ɛkɪmoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.t͡ʃi.mo/, [ˈd̪ɛːt͡ʃimo]
Verb[edit]
decimō (present infinitive decimāre, perfect active decimāvī, supine decimātum); first conjugation
- I decimate (select every tenth person for punishment)
- c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 1.37:
- Horror animum subit quotiens recordor feralem introitum et hanc solam Galbae victoriam, cum in oculis urbis decimari deditos iuberet, quos deprecantis in fidem acceperat.
- Horror overtakes me when I think back to that gruesome entry [in Rome], which was Galba's only victory, when before the eyes of the city he ordered the prisoners to be decimated, after he had accepted their pleas for surrender.
- Horror animum subit quotiens recordor feralem introitum et hanc solam Galbae victoriam, cum in oculis urbis decimari deditos iuberet, quos deprecantis in fidem acceperat.
- 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita divi Augusti.24:
- Cohortes, si quae cessissent loco, decimatas hordeo pavit.
- Cohorts, if they hadn't stood their ground, he decimated and fed on barley.
- Cohortes, si quae cessissent loco, decimatas hordeo pavit.
- 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita Caligulae.48:
- Prius quam provincia decederet, consilium iniit nefandae atrocitatis legiones, quae post excessum Augusti seditionem olim moverant, contrucidandi, quod et patrem suum Germanicum ducem et se infantem tunc obsedissent, vixque a tam praecipiti cogitatione revocatus, inhiberi nullo modo potuit quin decimare velle perseveraret.
- Before leaving the province, he formed a plan of unspeakable cruelty: to slaughter the legions that had once mutinied on Augustus's passing, because they had held both his father Germanicus, their commander, and himself as an infant captive at the time – and though he was with great effort talked out of such a rash thought, he could in no way be dissuaded from persevering in wanting to decimate them.
- Prius quam provincia decederet, consilium iniit nefandae atrocitatis legiones, quae post excessum Augusti seditionem olim moverant, contrucidandi, quod et patrem suum Germanicum ducem et se infantem tunc obsedissent, vixque a tam praecipiti cogitatione revocatus, inhiberi nullo modo potuit quin decimare velle perseveraret.
- I pay tithes
Conjugation[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “decimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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