decimus

See also: Decimus

Latin

Latin ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : decem     Ordinal : decimus     Adverbial : deciēns     Multiplier : decemplex     Distributive : dēnī

Alternative forms

• decumus

Etymology

From decem (“ten”) + -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ki.mus/, [ˈdɛ.kɪ.mʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.t͡ʃi.mus/, [ˈdeː.t͡ʃi.mus]

Numeral

decimus m (feminine decima, neuter decimum); first/second declension

1. (ordinal) tenth; the ordinal number after nonus and before undecimus

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	decimus	decima	decimum		decimī	decimae	decima
genitive	decimī	decimae	decimī		decimōrum	decimārum	decimōrum
dative	decimō		decimō		decimīs
accusative	decimum	decimam	decimum		decimōs	decimās	decima
ablative	decimō	decimā	decimō		decimīs
vocative	decime	decima	decimum		decimī	decimae	decima

Derived terms

• decima
• decimārius
• decimō

Related terms

• -decim
• decimalis
• decimum

Descendants

• Asturian: décimu (borrowing), diezmu
• Catalan: dècim (borrowing)
• Dalmatian: dicto
• English: dime
• French: décime (borrowing), dîme
• Friulian: diesim

• Italian: decimo
• Old French: dixme
• Portuguese: décimo (borrowing), dízimo
• Sardinian: décimu
• Sicilian: dècimu (borrowing)
• Spanish: décimo (borrowing), diezmo

References

• decimus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decimus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decimus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)