duodecennium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [du.ɔ.dɛˈkɛn.ni.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [du.o.deˈt͡ʃɛn.ni.um]
Etymology 1
From duodecennis + -ium (forming abstract nouns).
Noun
duodecennium n (genitive duodecenniī); second declension
- (post-classical) a duodecade, a twelve-year period
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | duodecennium | duodecennia |
| genitive | duodecenniī | duodecenniōrum |
| dative | duodecenniō | duodecenniīs |
| accusative | duodecennium | duodecennia |
| ablative | duodecenniō | duodecenniīs |
| vocative | duodecennium | duodecennia |
Alternative forms
Coordinate terms
- (2-year period): biennium
- (3-year period): triennium
- (4-year period): quadriennium
- (5-year period): quīnquennium
- (6-year period): sexennium
- (7-year period): septuennium
- (8-year period): octennium
- (9-year period): novennium
- (10-year period): decennium
Descendants
- English: duodecennial
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
duodecennium
- genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of duodecennis
References
- “duodecennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “duodecennium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.