decimus

decimus Zehner, Zehnter,

Alternative forms

• decumus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛ.kɪ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃi.mus]

Numeral

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	decimus	decima	decimum		decimī	decimae	decima
genitive	decimī	decimae	decimī		decimōrum	decimārum	decimōrum
dative	decimō	decimae	decimō		decimīs
accusative	decimum	decimam	decimum		decimōs	decimās	decima
ablative	decimō	decimā	decimō		decimīs
vocative	decime	decima	decimum		decimī	decimae	decima