decennis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decennis, decennis, decenne:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of ten years; lasting ten years; ten years old;
acc. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all)nom. sg. (m./f.)voc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ansae veterum Corinthiorum, nec crus compede lubricum decenni, nec ruptae recutita colIa mulae, nec quae Flaminiam secant salebrae..."- L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ueniendi fuit gratari amico, cuius impulsum manu cecidit decenni Marte concussum Ilium. Quaenam ista lacrimis lugubrem uultum rigat..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...antrum et obducti specus, qui castra caperent. Huc decenni proelio irata virtus abditur, stipant graves recessus Danai..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Priamo adsidentes. XXII. Verum et ipse rex decenni bello exhaustus, amissis tot liberis, imminente summo discrimine, cui faciem..."