decimatio

Latin

Etymology

From decimō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /de.kiˈmaː.ti.oː/, [d̪ɛkɪˈmäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.t͡ʃiˈmat.t͡si.o/, [d̪et͡ʃiˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

decimātiō f (genitive decimātiōnis); third declension

1. decimation (punishment of taking a tenth)
2. tithing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
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