numeralfirst/second-declension numeral
vīcēsimus
vīcēsimus (feminine vīcēsima, neuter vīcēsimum)
Classical[wiːˈkeː.sɪ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[viˈt͡ʃɛː.s̬i.mus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- numeraltwentieth
- numeralone-twentieth
vīcēsimā hērēditātium
a 5% inheritance tax
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīcēsimus | vīcēsima vīcēnsima | vīcēsimum vīcēnsimum |
| genitive | vīcēsimī vīcēnsimī | vīcēsimae vīcēnsimae | vīcēsimī vīcēnsimī |
| dative | vīcēsimō vīcēnsimō | vīcēsimae vīcēnsimae | vīcēsimō vīcēnsimō |
| accusative | vīcēsimum vīcēnsimum | vīcēsimam vīcēnsimam | vīcēsimum vīcēnsimum |
| ablative | vīcēsimō vīcēnsimō | vīcēsimā vīcēnsimā | vīcēsimō vīcēnsimō |
| vocative | vīcēsime vīcēnsime | vīcēsima vīcēnsima | vīcēsimum vīcēnsimum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīcēsimī vīcēnsimī | vīcēsimae vīcēnsimae | vīcēsima vīcēnsima |
| genitive | vīcēsimōrum vīcēnsimōrum | vīcēsimārum vīcēnsimārum | vīcēsimōrum vīcēnsimōrum |
| dative | vīcēsimīs vīcēnsimīs | vīcēsimīs vīcēnsimīs | vīcēsimīs vīcēnsimīs |
| accusative | vīcēsimōs vīcēnsimōs | vīcēsimās vīcēnsimās | vīcēsima vīcēnsima |
| ablative | vīcēsimīs vīcēnsimīs | vīcēsimīs vīcēnsimīs | vīcēsimīs vīcēnsimīs |
| vocative | vīcēsimī vīcēnsimī | vīcēsimae vīcēnsimae | vīcēsima vīcēnsima |
vīcēsĭmus or vīcensĭmus (collat. form vīgēsĭmus, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 21; Caes. B. C. 3, 34; Sall. C. 47, 2; Col. 5, 1, 10; Manil. 4, 462 al.; but not in Cic.), a, um,
I. ord. num. adj. [viginti], the twentieth.
I. Adj.:
annus, Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 3: intra annum vicesimum, Caes. B. G. 6, 21: annum jam tertium et vicesimum regnat, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: censores vicesimi sexti a primis censoribus, Liv. 10, 47, 2: litteras mihi Cornificius altero vicesimo die reddidit, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1: Acastus cum litteris praesto fuit uno et vicesimo die, id. ib. 14, 5: vicesimo die lunae, id. Fin. 2, 31, 101: vicesima luna sacrificant, Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 5: sexto et vicesimo anno, Nep. Lys. 1, 1: legio, Tac. A. 1, 51.—II. Subst.: vīcēnsĭ-ma (-suma), ae, f. (i. e. pars), the twentieth part, as a tax; so the twentieth part or five per cent. of the crop, Liv. 43, 2, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.; of the value of a slave that was manumitted, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Liv. 7, 16, 7; Petr. 58; 71.—Called also VICESIMA LIBERTATIS, Inscr. Orell. 3131; 3338.—As exportduty:
portorii, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185.— As a tax on inheritances, Plin. Ep. 7, 14, 1; id. Pan. 37.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vīcēsimus, vīcēnsimus, or vīgēsimus adj. num.
viginti, the twentieth: annus, Cs.: censores vicesimi sexti a primis censoribus, L.: altero vicensimo die: sexto et vicesimo anno, N.: ipso vigesimo anno: ab incenso Capitolio vigesimus annus, S.
Origins
From the stem *vīcent- of vīgintī (“twenty”) before the replacement of /k/ with /ɡ/, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(d)widḱm̥ti(h₁). Particularly: * Remodeling of earlier *vīcēnssos, from Proto-Indo-European *widḱm̥t-tós (“twentieth”), with the added suffix of dec-imus. * Or, inherited from Proto-Italic *wīkenssamos, a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European *widḱm̥t-tm̥Hós, containing the superlative suffix *-tm̥Hós (“-est”) (compare -issimus) as used also in Sanskrit विंशतिम (viṃśatima), विंशतितम (viṃśatitama, “twentieth”). See also vīciēs and vīcēnus. Surface analysis vīgintī (“twenty”) + -ēsimus (“-th”)
Descendants
- Catalanvigèsim
- Italianvicesimo
- Italianvigesimo
- Englishvicesimation
- Englishvigesimal
- Portuguesevigésimo
- Spanishvigésimo
In English words that came into English from vīcēsimus
- vigesimalvīgēsimus
- vicesimationvīcēsimus