duodecas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυωδεκάς (duōdekás), variant of δωδεκάς (dōdekás).

Pronunciation

Noun

duōdecas f (genitive duōdecadis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) twelve
    Synonym: duodecim

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative duōdecas duōdecadēs
Genitive duōdecadis duōdecadum
Dative duōdecadī duōdecadibus
Accusative duōdecadem duōdecadēs
Ablative duōdecade duōdecadibus
Vocative duōdecas duōdecadēs

Descendants
  • → English: duodecade

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