Decebalus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δεκέβαλος (Dekébalos), from Dacian *Dekebalus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈke.ba.lus/, [d̪ɛˈkɛbäɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃe.ba.lus/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛːbälus]

Proper noun

Decebalus m sg (genitive Decebalī); second declension

1. a male given name from Dacian: The last king of Dacia, defeated by Trajan in 106

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Decebalus
genitive	Decebalī
dative	Decebalō
accusative	Decebalum
ablative	Decebalō
vocative	Decebale

Descendants

• → Catalan: Decèbal
• → French: Décébale
• → Galician: Decébalo
• → Italian: Decebalo
• → Portuguese: Decébalo
• → Romanian: Decebal
• → Spanish: Decébalo

References

• “Decebalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press