duodecennium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /du.o.deˈken.ni.um/, [d̪uɔd̪ɛˈkɛnːiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /du.o.deˈt͡ʃen.ni.um/, [d̪uod̪eˈt͡ʃɛnːium]

Adjective

duodecennium

1. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of duodecennis

Noun

duodecennium n (genitive duodecenniī or duodecennī); second declension

1. A duodecade, a 12-year period.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	duodecennium	duodecennia
genitive	duodecenniī duodecennī1	duodecenniōrum
dative	duodecenniō	duodecenniīs
accusative	duodecennium	duodecennia
ablative	duodecenniō	duodecenniīs
vocative	duodecennium	duodecennia

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

Descendants

• English: duodecennial

References

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