proper noun · masculinethird declension
December1
December m sg (genitive Decembris)
Classical[dɛˈkɛm.bɛr]Ecclesiastical[deˈt͡ʃɛm.ber]
Meaning
- masculinesingularDecember
1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 310. Die tercio decembris — On the third day of December
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | December | — |
| genitive | Decembris Decembriī | — |
| dative | Decembrī Decembriō | — |
| accusative | Decembrem Decembrium | — |
| ablative | Decembrī Decembriō | — |
| vocative | December Decembrie | — |
Dĕcember, bris, m. decem and -ber, = fer, Sanscr. bhar, to carry, bear: cf. Septem-ber, etc.,
I. the tenth month of the Roman year, reckoned from March, and consequently our twelfth, December (containing, as now, 31 days): "dehinc quintus (mensis) Quintilis et sic deinceps usque ad Decembrem a numero," Varr. L. L. 6, § 34 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 21 fin.:
acceptus Geniis December (on account of the Saturnalia celebrated in this month), Ov. F. 3, 58; cf. Sen. Ep. 18: canus, Mart. 1, 50: gelidus, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 3; cf.: fumosus, id. ib. 2, 491.—b. Adj.:
ut adesset senatus frequens a. d. VIII. Kalendas Decembres, Cic. Phil. 3, 8: Nonae Decembres, Hor. Od. 3, 18, 10: Idibus Decembribus, Liv. 4, 37: libertate Decembri utere (i. e. of the Saturnalia), Hor. S. 2, 7, 4.—II. As closing the year, meton. for the (past) year:
hic tertius December, ex quo, etc., Hor. Epod. 11, 5; cf.: me quater undenos implevisse Decembres, id. Ep. 1, 20, 27.— 2. Dĕcember, bris, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 241; 676 al.; name of a slave, Dig. 40, 5, 41, § 15.
Origins
Uncertain, perhaps by haplology of earlier *deke(m)-mēmbris (“of or pertaining to the tenth month”), from *deke(m)-mēnzris, from decem (“ten”) + *mēnzris, from *mēnzlis, from *mēns (“month”) + *-lis; see decem, and mēnsis. In the Roman calendar, the year began with Mārtius (“March”), and December was the tenth month of the year.
Elsewhere
- Portuguesedezembrofrom Vulgar Latin *decembriu
- GermanDezemberfrom Middle High German december
- Frenchdécembrefrom Old French decembre
- Frenchdéc.from Old French decembre
- EnglishDecemberfrom Old French decembre
- EnglishDec.from Old French decembre
- EnglishDecfrom Old French decembre
- EnglishDECfrom Old French decembre
- EnglishDcfrom Old French decembre
- EnglishDecembrefrom Old French decembre
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Occitandecembre
- Catalandesembrefrom Old Catalan decembre
- Aragonesediciembre
- Gascondecemefrom Occitan decembre
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiandicembre
- Corsicandicembre
- Corsicandecembre
- Corsicandicembri
- Emiliandicèmberfrom Italian dicembre
- Liguriandixénbrefrom Italian dicembre
- Lombarddicemberfrom Italian dicembre
- Tarantinodecèmmrefrom Neapolitan deciémbro
- Siciliandicèmmiru
- Siciliandicembri
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishdiciembrefrom Old Spanish deziembre
- Asturiandiciembre
- Extremadurandiziembri
- Mirandesedezembre
- Ladinodisiembrefrom Old Spanish deziembre
- Ladinodizyembrefrom Old Spanish deziembre
Padanian
- Emiliandṡàmmber
- Emiliandzèmbar
- Emiliangèmbar
- Emiliangiämbar
- Friuliandicembar
- Ladindezember
- Liguriandexénbre
- Lombarddezèmber
- Lombarddezèmbre
- Piedmontesedzèmber