The corpus record — Latin

decennis

decennis · adj

of ten years

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Where it lives

Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.8/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Res Gestae 3 · 0.24/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

dĕcennis — Lewis & Short

dĕcennis, e, adj.id.,

I of ten years (post-Aug.): bellum, of the Greeks before Troy, Quint. 8, 4, 22; also proelium, Petr. 89, 2, 8: obsidio (Veiorum), Flor. 1, 12, 8: equae, ten years old, Plin. 8, 44, 69; cf.: decenni major asinus, Pall. Mart. 14, 1.—

II Subst.: decennia, ium, n., = decennalia, a festival under the emperors, held every ten years, Treb. Gall. 5 fin.; cf.: decennalis, no. II.

In the wild

decenni Petronius, Satyricon 89
decennium Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 18.6.2
decennibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.44
decenni Tertullian, De Anima 34
decenni Seneca, Agamemnon 1
decennis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.5.p1

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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