decennis
Catalan
Noun
decennis
- plural of decenni
Latin
Etymology
From deciēs (“ten times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɛˈkɛn.nɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛn.nis]
Adjective
decennis (neuter decenne); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | decennis | decenne | decennēs | decennia | |
| genitive | decennis | decennium | |||
| dative | decennī | decennibus | |||
| accusative | decennem | decenne | decennēs decennīs |
decennia | |
| ablative | decennī | decennibus | |||
| vocative | decennis | decenne | decennēs | decennia | |
Coordinate terms
- biennis, triennis, quadriennis, quinquennis, sexennis, septuennis, octennis, novennis, undecennis, duodecennis, tridecennis, quattuordecennis, quindecennis, sedecennis, septendecennis, duodevicennis, undevicennis, vicennis, tricennis, quadragennis, quinquagennis, sexagennis, septuagennis, octogennis, nonagennis, centennis, ducentennis, trecentennis, quadringentennis, quingentennis, sescentennis, septingentennis, octingentennis, nongentennis, millennis
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: decenne
References
- “decennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press