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decimatio
decimatio
Latin
Noun
decimātiō f (genitive decimātiōnis); third declension
- decimation (punishment of taking a tenth)
- tithing
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | decimātiō | decimātiōnēs |
| genitive | decimātiōnis | decimātiōnum |
| dative | decimātiōnī | decimātiōnibus |
| accusative | decimātiōnem | decimātiōnēs |
| ablative | decimātiōne | decimātiōnibus |
| vocative | decimātiō | decimātiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: decimation
- Finnish: desimaatio
- Russian: децима́ция (decimácija)
References
- decimatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decimatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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