"decennium" meaning in Latin

See decennium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [dɛˈkɛn.ni.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [deˈt͡ʃɛn.ni.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nl}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form}} decennium
  1. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of decennis Tags: feminine, form-of, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural Form of: decennis
    Sense id: en-decennium-la-adj-ZN1KQcNZ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [dɛˈkɛn.ni.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [deˈt͡ʃɛn.ni.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From decennis + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). Etymology templates: {{af|la|decennis|-ium|pos2=suffix forming abstract nouns}} decennis + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns) Head templates: {{la-noun|decennium<2>}} decennium n (genitive decenniī or decennī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|decennium<2>}} Forms: decenniī [genitive], decennī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], decennium [nominative, singular], decennia [nominative, plural], decenniī [genitive, singular], decennī [genitive, singular], decenniōrum [genitive, plural], decenniō [dative, singular], decenniīs [dative, plural], decennium [accusative, singular], decennia [accusative, plural], decenniō [ablative, singular], decenniīs [ablative, plural], decennium [singular, vocative], decennia [plural, vocative]
  1. (post-classical) a period of ten years, a decennium, decade Tags: declension-2, neuter, obsolete Coordinate_terms (2-year period): biennium Coordinate_terms (20-year period): vīcennium Coordinate_terms (3-year period): triennium Coordinate_terms (30-year period): trīcennium Coordinate_terms (4-year period): quadriennium Coordinate_terms (5-year period): quīnquennium Coordinate_terms (6-year period): sexennium Coordinate_terms (7-year period): septuennium Coordinate_terms (8-year period): octennium Coordinate_terms (9-year period): novennium
    Sense id: en-decennium-la-noun-uytSm-bd Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ium, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Ten, Time Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Ten: 5 95 Disambiguation of Time: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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