decalogus

decalogus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Hellenic *dékə

Ancient Greek δέκα (déka)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos)

Ancient Greek δεκάλογος (dekálogos)bor.

Latin decalogus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος (dekálogos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɛˈka.ɫɔ.ɡʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈkaː.lo.ɡus]

Noun

decalogus m (genitive decalogī); second declension

(Ecclesiastical Latin) Decalogue

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	decalogus	decalogī
genitive	decalogī	decalogōrum
dative	decalogō	decalogīs
accusative	decalogum	decalogōs
ablative	decalogō	decalogīs
vocative	decaloge	decalogī

Descendants

→ Catalan: decàleg
→ Finnish: dekalogi
→ Middle French: decalogue
- French: décalogue
- → English: Decalogue
→ German: Dekalog
→ Italian: decalogo
→ Occitan: Decalòg
→ Polish: dekalog
→ Portuguese: decálogo
→ Slovak: dekalóg
→ Spanish: decálogo
- → Tagalog: dekalogo

Further reading

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