decuplus

Latin

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Cardinal: decem, decim     Ordinal: decimus, decumus     Adverbial: deciēs, deciēns     Proportional: decuplus, decemplus     Multiplier: decemplex, decuplex     Distributive: dēnus     Fractional: decimus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Italic *dekəm

Latin decem

Proto-Italic *-plosder.

Latin -plus

Latin decuplus

From decem (“ten”) + -plus (“-fold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛ.kʊ.pɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.ku.plus]

Adjective

decuplus (feminine decupla, neuter decuplum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) tenfold

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	decuplus	decupla	decuplum		decuplī	decuplae	decupla
genitive	decuplī	decuplae	decuplī		decuplōrum	decuplārum	decuplōrum
dative	decuplō	decuplae	decuplō		decuplīs
accusative	decuplum	decuplam	decuplum		decuplōs	decuplās	decupla
ablative	decuplō	decuplā	decuplō		decuplīs
vocative	decuple	decupla	decuplum		decuplī	decuplae	decupla

Related terms

• decem
• decemplex

Descendants

All borrowed.

• Catalan: dècuple
• English: decuple
• French: décuple
• Italian: decuplo
• Portuguese: décuplo
• Spanish: décuplo

References

• “decuplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decuplus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “decuplus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC