decimus

See also: Decimus

Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
100
 ←  1  ←  9 X
10		 11  →  20  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
1
    Cardinal: decem
    Ordinal: decimus
    Adverbial: deciēs, deciēns
    Multiplier: decuplus, decuplex, decemplus, decemplex
    Distributive: dēnus
    Fractional: decima, decimus

Alternative forms
  • decumus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dekemos, from *dekem (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Related to decem.

Pronunciation

Numeral

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

Descendants
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old Catalan: deume
    • Old French: disme, dixme
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “decem”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
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