decumanus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /de.kuˈmaː.nus/, [d̪ɛkʊˈmäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.kuˈma.nus/, [d̪ekuˈmäːnus]
Adjective
decumānus (feminine decumāna, neuter decumānum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) tenth; of the tenth
- concerned with or relating to tithes or the collection of tithes
- concerned with or relating to the tenth cohort or legion
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | decumānus | decumāna | decumānum | decumānī | decumānae | decumāna | |
Genitive | decumānī | decumānae | decumānī | decumānōrum | decumānārum | decumānōrum | |
Dative | decumānō | decumānō | decumānīs | ||||
Accusative | decumānum | decumānam | decumānum | decumānōs | decumānās | decumāna | |
Ablative | decumānō | decumānā | decumānō | decumānīs | |||
Vocative | decumāne | decumāna | decumānum | decumānī | decumānae | decumāna |
Noun
decumānus m (genitive decumānī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | decumānus | decumānī |
Genitive | decumānī | decumānōrum |
Dative | decumānō | decumānīs |
Accusative | decumānum | decumānōs |
Ablative | decumānō | decumānīs |
Vocative | decumāne | decumānī |
See also
- cardō (“north-south street”)
References
- “decumanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decumanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decumanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- decumanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.