duodecim Latin · revision 7366

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la duo, la decem}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [duˈɔ.dɛ.kĩː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [duˈɔː.de.t͡ʃim]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''duodecim''' (indeclinable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[duo]] “two” and [[decem]] “ten”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's and Lewis and Short's earliest citation is from Plautus' ''Epidicus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant twelve, as in Cicero and Caesar, and ''duodecim tabulae'' “the Twelve Tables” were the laws of early Rome, often written XII.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of the twelve tribes and the twelve apostles.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''dodici'' and French ''douze'', and Old French ''dozaine'' gave [[en|dozen]] about 1300.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of the Twelve Tables.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''dozen'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # [[m|en|Twelve]], ''duodecim tabulae'', the Twelve Tables.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[duodecennis]]

+ * [[duodecennium]]

+ * [[duodeciaere]]

+ * [[duodeciēns]]

+ * [[duodecimvir]]

+ * [[duodecimus]]

+ * [[duodēnī]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[duo]]

+ * [[decem]]

+ * [[en|dozen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}