decimo

See also: décimo and decimò

Galician

Verb

decimo

1. first-person singular present indicative of decimar

Italian

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.t͡ʃi.mo/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtʃimo
• Hyphenation: dè‧ci‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin decimus (“the tenth”). Cf. also the place name Diecimo.

Adjective

decimo (feminine decima, masculine plural decimi, feminine plural decime)

1. (ordinal number) tenth

Noun

decimo m (plural decimi)

1. (fractional number) tenth

Related terms

• decima
• dieci

Etymology 2

A regular conjugated form of decimare; compare the Latin decimō.

Verb

decimo

1. first-person singular present indicative of decimare

Related terms

• deci-

Anagrams

• comedi, demico, medico, medico-, medicò

Latin

Etymology

From decimus (“tenth”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ki.moː/, [ˈd̪ɛkɪmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.t͡ʃi.mo/, [ˈd̪ɛːt͡ʃimo]

Verb

decimō (present infinitive decimāre, perfect active decimāvī, supine decimātum); first conjugation

1. to 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.

   • c. 69 CE – 122 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.

   • c. 69 CE – 122 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.

2. to pay tithes

Conjugation

   Conjugation of decimō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	decimō		decimās		decimat		decimāmus		decimātis		decimant
	imperfect	decimābam		decimābās		decimābat		decimābāmus		decimābātis		decimābant
	future	decimābō		decimābis		decimābit		decimābimus		decimābitis		decimābunt
	perfect	decimāvī		decimāvistī		decimāvit		decimāvimus		decimāvistis		decimāvērunt, decimāvēre
	pluperfect	decimāveram		decimāverās		decimāverat		decimāverāmus		decimāverātis		decimāverant
	future perfect	decimāverō		decimāveris		decimāverit		decimāverimus		decimāveritis		decimāverint
passive	present	decimor		decimāris, decimāre		decimātur		decimāmur		decimāminī		decimantur
	imperfect	decimābar		decimābāris, decimābāre		decimābātur		decimābāmur		decimābāminī		decimābantur
	future	decimābor		decimāberis, decimābere		decimābitur		decimābimur		decimābiminī		decimābuntur
	perfect	decimātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	decimātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	decimātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	decimem		decimēs		decimet		decimēmus		decimētis		deciment
	imperfect	decimārem		decimārēs		decimāret		decimārēmus		decimārētis		decimārent
	perfect	decimāverim		decimāverīs		decimāverit		decimāverīmus		decimāverītis		decimāverint
	pluperfect	decimāvissem		decimāvissēs		decimāvisset		decimāvissēmus		decimāvissētis		decimāvissent
passive	present	decimer		decimēris, decimēre		decimētur		decimēmur		decimēminī		decimentur
	imperfect	decimārer		decimārēris, decimārēre		decimārētur		decimārēmur		decimārēminī		decimārentur
	perfect	decimātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	decimātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		decimā		—		—		decimāte		—
	future	—		decimātō		decimātō		—		decimātōte		decimantō
passive	present	—		decimāre		—		—		decimāminī		—
	future	—		decimātor		decimātor		—		—		decimantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		decimāre			decimārī			decimāns			—
future		decimātūrum esse			decimātum īrī			decimātūrus			decimandus
perfect		decimāvisse			decimātum esse			—			decimātus
future perfect		—			decimātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		decimātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		decimandī		decimandō		decimandum		decimandō		decimātum		decimātū

Synonyms

• decumo

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Catalan: delmar
  • Old Spanish: dezmar
    • Spanish: diezmar
  • Portuguese: dizimar
• Borrowed:
  • → English: decimate
  • → French: décimer
  • → Galician: decimar
  • → Italian: decimare
  • → Portuguese: decimar
  • → Romanian: decima

References

• “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.