Decius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ki.us/, [ˈd̪ɛkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈd̪ɛːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Decius m sg (genitive Deciī or Decī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Decius Mus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Decius
genitive	Deciī Decī1
dative	Deciō
accusative	Decium
ablative	Deciō
vocative	Decī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Deciānus

References

• “Decius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Decius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.