decisus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēcīdō (“I cut off, I decide”).

Participle

dēcīsus (feminine dēcīsa, neuter dēcīsum); first/second-declension participle

1. cut off
2. decided

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dēcīsus	dēcīsa	dēcīsum		dēcīsī	dēcīsae	dēcīsa
genitive	dēcīsī	dēcīsae	dēcīsī		dēcīsōrum	dēcīsārum	dēcīsōrum
dative	dēcīsō	dēcīsae	dēcīsō		dēcīsīs
accusative	dēcīsum	dēcīsam	dēcīsum		dēcīsōs	dēcīsās	dēcīsa
ablative	dēcīsō	dēcīsā	dēcīsō		dēcīsīs
vocative	dēcīse	dēcīsa	dēcīsum		dēcīsī	dēcīsae	dēcīsa

Descendants

• Catalan: decisiu
• French: décisif
• Italian: decisivo
• Portuguese: decisivo
• Spanish: decisivo

References

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