duodecas

Latin

Alternative forms

• dyōdecas

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυωδεκάς (duōdekás), variant of δωδεκάς (dōdekás).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /duˈo.de.kas/, [d̪uˈɔːd̪ekäs]

Noun

duōdecas f (genitive duōdecadis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) twelve

   Synonym: duodecim

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	duōdecas	duōdecadēs
genitive	duōdecadis	duōdecadum
dative	duōdecadī	duōdecadibus
accusative	duōdecadem	duōdecadēs
ablative	duōdecade	duōdecadibus
vocative	duōdecas	duōdecadēs

Descendants

• → English: duodecade

References

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