"decimus" meaning in Latin

See decimus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

IPA: [ˈdɛ.kɪ.mʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃi.mus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *dekəmos, from *dekem (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Related to decem. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:der|ine-pro:*déḱm̥<id:ten>|id=ten}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*dekəmos}} Proto-Italic *dekəmos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*déḱm̥}} Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Head templates: {{la-num-adj|decimus|type=ord}} decimus (feminine decima, neuter decimum); first/second-declension numeral Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|decimus}} Forms: decima [feminine], decimum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], decimus [masculine, nominative, singular], decima [feminine, nominative, singular], decimum [neuter, nominative, singular], decimī [masculine, nominative, plural], decimae [feminine, nominative, plural], decima [neuter, nominative, plural], decimī [genitive, masculine, singular], decimae [feminine, genitive, singular], decimī [genitive, neuter, singular], decimōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], decimārum [feminine, genitive, plural], decimōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], decimō [dative, masculine, singular], decimae [dative, feminine, singular], decimō [dative, neuter, singular], decimīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], decimum [accusative, masculine, singular], decimam [accusative, feminine, singular], decimum [accusative, neuter, singular], decimōs [accusative, masculine, plural], decimās [accusative, feminine, plural], decima [accusative, neuter, plural], decimō [ablative, masculine, singular], decimā [ablative, feminine, singular], decimō [ablative, neuter, singular], decimīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], decime [masculine, singular, vocative], decima [feminine, singular, vocative], decimum [neuter, singular, vocative], decimī [masculine, plural, vocative], decimae [feminine, plural, vocative], decima [neuter, plural, vocative], decumus [alternative]
  1. tenth; the ordinal number after nonus and before undecimus Tags: declension-1, declension-2, numeral Derived forms: decima, decimālis, decimārius, decimō, decimum Related terms: -decim

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":der",
        "3": "ine-pro:*déḱm̥<id:ten>",
        "id": "ten"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*dekəmos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *dekəmos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*déḱm̥"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *dekəmos, from *dekem (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Related to decem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decumus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "decimus",
        "type": "ord"
      },
      "expansion": "decimus (feminine decima, neuter decimum); first/second-declension numeral",
      "name": "la-num-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "decimus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin ordinal numbers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Ten",
          "orig": "la:Ten",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "decima"
        },
        {
          "word": "decimālis"
        },
        {
          "word": "decimārius"
        },
        {
          "word": "decimō"
        },
        {
          "word": "decimum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tenth; the ordinal number after nonus and before undecimus"
      ],
      "id": "en-decimus-la-num-zHGRzJGV",
      "links": [
        [
          "tenth",
          "tenth"
        ],
        [
          "nonus",
          "nonus"
        ],
        [
          "undecimus",
          "undecimus"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-decim"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "numeral"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɛ.kɪ.mʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɛː.t͡ʃi.mus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decimus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "decima"
    },
    {
      "word": "decimālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "decimārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "decimō"
    },
    {
      "word": "decimum"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":der",
        "3": "ine-pro:*déḱm̥<id:ten>",
        "id": "ten"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*dekəmos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *dekəmos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*déḱm̥"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *dekəmos, from *dekem (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Related to decem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decumus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "decimus",
        "type": "ord"
      },
      "expansion": "decimus (feminine decima, neuter decimum); first/second-declension numeral",
      "name": "la-num-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "decimus"
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      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "num",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-decim"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension numerals",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin numerals",
        "Latin ordinal numbers",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Ten"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tenth; the ordinal number after nonus and before undecimus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tenth",
          "tenth"
        ],
        [
          "nonus",
          "nonus"
        ],
        [
          "undecimus",
          "undecimus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "numeral"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɛ.kɪ.mʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɛː.t͡ʃi.mus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decimus"
}

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