Fromdecem(“ten”) +‎-ānus.

(Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [dɛˈkaː.nʊs]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [d̪eˈkaː.nus]

decānus m (genitivedecānī);second declension(Late Latin)

1. chief often people (in various contexts)
2. dean

Second-declension noun.

• “decanus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "decanus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “decanus”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “decanus”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decanus inRamminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “decanus”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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