Decimus
E944910
Decimus is a masculine given name of Latin origin meaning "tenth," historically used in ancient Rome and later borne by various notable figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Decimus canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11751099 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Decimus Context triple: [Decimus Burton, givenName, Decimus]
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A.
Quintus
Quintus is a traditional Latin praenomen (given name) commonly used in ancient Rome, often indicating the fifth-born child or associated with the number five.
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B.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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C.
Messius Quintus
Messius Quintus is an ancient Roman family name associated with the gens Messia, to which the individual Decius belonged.
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D.
Quintianus
Quintianus is a Roman cognomen derived from the praenomen Quintus, typically indicating familial or ancestral association with someone bearing that name.
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E.
Trebonius
Trebonius was a Roman politician and general best known as one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of Julius Caesar.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Decimus Target entity description: Decimus is a masculine given name of Latin origin meaning "tenth," historically used in ancient Rome and later borne by various notable figures.
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A.
Quintus
Quintus is a traditional Latin praenomen (given name) commonly used in ancient Rome, often indicating the fifth-born child or associated with the number five.
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B.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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C.
Messius Quintus
Messius Quintus is an ancient Roman family name associated with the gens Messia, to which the individual Decius belonged.
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D.
Quintianus
Quintianus is a Roman cognomen derived from the praenomen Quintus, typically indicating familial or ancestral association with someone bearing that name.
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E.
Trebonius
Trebonius was a Roman politician and general best known as one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of Julius Caesar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Roman culture ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Roman given names
ⓘ
Latin masculine given names ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Latin ordinal number for ten ⓘ |
| etymologicalMeaning | tenth ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm | Decima ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | not commonly observed in modern calendars ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
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Decimus Junius Juvenalis ⓘ
linked to:
Juvenal
Decimus Magnus Ausonius ⓘ
linked to:
Ausonius
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| hasVariant | Decima ⓘ |
| historicalUsage | ancient Roman naming conventions ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| nameType | praenomen ⓘ |
| popularity | rare in modern usage ⓘ |
| relatedName |
Nonus
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Octavius ⓘ Quintus ⓘ Septimus ⓘ Sextus ⓘ |
| semanticField | numbers ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
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| usedBy | ancient Romans ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Decimus Description of subject: Decimus is a masculine given name of Latin origin meaning "tenth," historically used in ancient Rome and later borne by various notable figures.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.