denus

== Cornish == === Etymology === From dena (“to absorb”) +‎ -us. Cognate with Welsh denus. === Adjective === denus absorbing === Mutation === === References === “denus” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek. == Latin == === Alternative forms === decēnus (Late Latin) === Etymology === Apparently from earlier *deksnos, equivalent to dec(em) +‎ -nus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdeː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdɛː.nus] === Numeral === dēnus (feminine dēna, neuter dēnum); first/second-declension numeral (in the plural) ten each (poetic) ten ==== Usage notes ==== This is part of the Latin series of distributive numerals. These numerals are inflected as first/second-declension adjectives; in Classical Latin, they typically accompany plural nouns (with which they agree in case and gender) and have the following functions: to express the sense “[numeral] [noun]s each/apiece”, as in hominis digiti ternos articulos habent, “a man’s fingers have three joints each” (Pliny the Elder, Natural History 11.244.3). to express multiplication after a numeral adverb, as in Gallinaciis enim pullis bis deni dies opus sunt, pavoninis ter noveni "hens' [eggs] need twice ten days, peahens' thrice nine" (Marcus Terentius Varro, Res Rusticae 3.9.10) to express the sense of cardinal numerals when used with pluralia tantum (plural-only nouns) such as castra "camp": for example, "twelve camps" is expressed by duodēna castra (Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7.105.5). Distributive forms are regularly used in this context for the number 2 and for all numbers greater than 4. For 1, plural-only nouns are used with plural inflected forms of the cardinal ūnus (“one”), as in ūnae scālae "one flight of stairs" (rather than with forms of the distributive numeral singulus). For 3 and 4, plural-only nouns are used with the plural inflected forms of trīnus and quadrīnus, as in trīna castra "three camps" (rather than with forms of ternus and quaternus, which tend to be used in distributive function). These adjectives do not normally occur in the singular. However, some singular forms are attested in Classical Latin poetry, possibly motivated by metrical considerations (e.g. corpore bīnō "twofold body" in Lucretius De Rerum Natura 5.879, and bīnus ... honor "double/twofold honor" in Ovid Epistulae ex Ponto 4.9.64). Singular forms are also attested in postclassical Latin, where these adjectives sometimes have non-distributive meanings (taking an ordinal, cardinal, or collective sense instead). These alternative senses are sometimes continued by Romance descendants (e.g. Spanish noveno (“ninth”) from Latin novēnus). The genitive plural of singulus is usually singulōrum/singulārum, but distributive numerals greater than one commonly use short genitive plural forms ending in -um rather than the longer forms ending in -ōrum and -ārum. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (distributive, normally plural-only; short genitive plurals in -num preferred). ==== Derived terms ==== dēnārius === References === === Further reading === “dēni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “dēnī”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “dēni”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “dēnī” in volume 5, part 1, column 525, line 53 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present == Welsh == === Etymology === denu (“to allure”) +‎ -us. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɛnɨ̞s/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdeːnɪs/ === Adjective === denus (feminine singular denus, plural denus, equative mor ddenus, comparative mwy denus, superlative mwyaf denus) attractive, alluring Synonyms: denol, deniadol, hudolus === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “denus”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “denus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies