decimatio
Appearance
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /de.kiˈmaː.ti.oː/, [d̪ɛkɪˈmäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.t͡ʃiˈmat.t͡si.o/, [d̪et͡ʃiˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
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- decimation (punishment of taking a tenth)
- tithing
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | decimātiō | decimātiōnēs |
genitive | decimātiōnis | decimātiōnum |
dative | decimātiōnī | decimātiōnibus |
accusative | decimātiōnem | decimātiōnēs |
ablative | decimātiōne | decimātiōnibus |
vocative | decimātiō | decimātiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: decimation
- French: décimation
- Italian: decimazione
- Russian: децима́ция (decimácija)
References
- “decimatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decimatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “decimatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “decimatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin