LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

decennālia

decennālia n pl (genitive decennālium or decennāliōrum)
Classical[dɛ.kɛnˈnaː.li.a]Ecclesiastical[de.t͡ʃenˈnaː.li.a]

Meaning

  1. historicaldecennalia, the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 10th year of rule.
    decennalia imperatorum10th anniversary of the emperors

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—decennālia
genitive—decennālium
decennāliōrum
dative—decennālibus
accusative—decennālia
ablative—decennālibus
vocative—decennālia

Origins

From decennium (“10-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from deciēs (“ten times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”).

Descendants
  • Englishdecennalia
  • Frenchdécennales
  • Italiandecennali

In English words that came into English from decennālia

  • decennaliadecennālia

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesDecennaliaDecennalia or DECENNIA, a festival celebrated with games every ten years by the Roman emperors. This festival owed its origin to the fact that Augustu…

Quick answers

What does decennālia mean in Latin?
decennālia, a noun, means “decennalia, the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 10th year of rule.”.
What is the genitive of decennālia?
The genitive singular is decennālium. decennālia is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce decennālia?
In classical Latin, [dɛ.kɛnˈnaː.li.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.t͡ʃenˈnaː.li.a].