Latin

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Latin numbers (edit)
100[a], [b]
 ←  1 [a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f], [g] ←  9 X
10
11  → [a], [b], [c] 20  → [a], [b], [c]
1
    Cardinal: decem, decim
    Ordinal: decimus
    Adverbial: deciēs, deciēns
    Proportional: decuplus, decemplus
    Multiplier: decemplex, decuplex
    Distributive: dēnus
    Fractional: decima, decimus

Etymology

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From decem (ten) +‎ -plus (-fold).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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decuplus (feminine decupla, neuter decuplum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. tenfold

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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Descendants

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All borrowed.

  • English: decuple
  • French: décuple
  • Italian: decuplo
  • Portuguese: décuplo
  • Spanish: décuplo

References

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  • decuplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decuplus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.