decimatio

Latin

Etymology

From decimō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

decimātiō f (genitive decimātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case 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
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