decennis

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Noun

decennis

1. plural of decenni

Latin

Etymology

From deciēs (“ten times”) +‎ annus (“year”) +‎ -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈken.nis/, [d̪ɛˈkɛnːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃen.nis/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛnːis]

Adjective

decennis (neuter decenne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. decennial, of ten years, lasting ten years, ten years old

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

• decennālis
• decennium

 

Descendants

• Italian: decenne

References

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