LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

decēnārius1

decēnārius m (genitive decēnāriī or decēnārī)
Classical[dɛ.keːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[de.t͡ʃeˈnaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinten (the number 10)
  2. Medieval Latintithingman (leader of ten men)
  3. Medieval Latintithingman, headborough

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedecēnāriusdecēnāriī
genitivedecēnāriī
decēnārī		decēnāriōrum
dativedecēnāriōdecēnāriīs
accusativedecēnāriumdecēnāriōs
ablativedecēnāriōdecēnāriīs
vocativedecēnāriedecēnāriī

Origins

PIE word *déḱm̥ Reshaping of Classical dēnārius (from dēnī + -ārius) based on Late Latin decēnus (also influenced by adjectives such as septēnārius (“sevenfold; septenary”)).

Descendants
  • Englishdecenary
  • Frenchdécénaire
  • Frenchdécennaire
  • Italiandecenario
  • Italiandecennario
  • Portuguesedecenário
  • Spanishdecenario
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
decēnārius2
decēnārius (feminine decēnāria, neuter decēnārium)
Classical[dɛ.keːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[de.t͡ʃeˈnaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinadjectivetenfold
    numerus decēnāriusthe number ten
    ablata una untiate^([sic]) à numero decenario, jam iſte non eſſet decenarius numerus, ſed novenarius:Removing one unit from the number ten, it is no longer the number ten, but nine.1700, Joachimus Puyol de Llobic, “Casus IX [Case 9]”, in Opus morale de restitutione et contractibus, volume I, Tolosa: Guillelmus Robert & Joannes Vialar, page 92:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedecēnāriusdecēnāriadecēnārium
genitivedecēnāriīdecēnāriaedecēnāriī
dativedecēnāriōdecēnāriaedecēnāriō
accusativedecēnāriumdecēnāriamdecēnārium
ablativedecēnāriōdecēnāriādecēnāriō
vocativedecēnāriedecēnāriadecēnārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedecēnāriīdecēnāriaedecēnāria
genitivedecēnāriōrumdecēnāriārumdecēnāriōrum
dativedecēnāriīsdecēnāriīsdecēnāriīs
accusativedecēnāriōsdecēnāriāsdecēnāria
ablativedecēnāriīsdecēnāriīsdecēnāriīs
vocativedecēnāriīdecēnāriaedecēnāria

Origins

PIE word *déḱm̥ Reshaping of Classical dēnārius (from dēnī + -ārius) based on Late Latin decēnus (also influenced by adjectives such as septēnārius (“sevenfold; septenary”)).

Quick answers

What does decēnārius mean in Latin?
decēnārius, a noun, means “ten (the number 10); tithingman (leader of ten men); tithingman, headborough”.
What is the genitive of decēnārius?
The genitive singular is decēnāriī. decēnārius is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce decēnārius?
In classical Latin, [dɛ.keːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.t͡ʃeˈnaː.ri.us].