decem

American  

[de-kem, des-em] / ˈdɛ kɛm, ˈdɛs ɛm /

adjective

Latin.

1. ten.

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decem

Mr. Maclaurin wrote an essay against the Homeric tale of 'Troy divine,' I believe, for the sole purpose of introducing a happy motto,— 'Non anni domuere decem non mille carinæ.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

Second—If a numeral adjective, of a different case, were joined to the genitive plural of Sestertius, it signified so many thousand Sesterces; as decem Sestertium, 10,000 Sesterces—$357.

From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.

That was called compounding, componat cum decem, viginti, triginta solidis.

From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire

December, again, is derived from decem and imbres 'quibus abundare solet'; and so too the other numbered months.

From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford)

This book was perhaps the Dialogi decem, put into print at Cologne in 1472: Brunet.

From Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850 by Various