deciens Latin · revision 33932

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *déḱm̥}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''deciēns''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''deciēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|decem|-iēns|t1=ten]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Wiktionary traces [[m|la|decem]] to [[itc-pro|*dekəm]] and [[ine-pro|*déḱm̥|t=ten]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Amphitruo'' has "I have said it ten times", a round number for “often”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means ten times, on ten occasions: Ovid has the moon that had filled its orb ten times.^(OLD 2012) As a round number it simply means many times, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) It is used in compound numerals, as in Horace's eleven times ten years.^(OLD 2012) With ''centum mīlia'' understood it means a million, usually of sesterces: Horace says "take a million for yourself", and ''bis deciēns'' is two million.^(OLD 2012) Varro treats it as indeclinable,^(TLL) and the grammarian Caper says that all numeral adverbs should be written without ⟨n⟩, as ''deciēs''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, "I have said it ten times".^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro on the word.^(TLL)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a million sesterces.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of ten moons.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|ten|alt=Ten]] times, on ten occasions;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(as a round number)'' many times.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(in compound numerals)'' Ten times.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(understanding centum mīlia, usually of money)'' A [[m|en|million]] (sesterces).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[decem]]

+ * [[centiēns]]

+ * [[mīliēns]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}