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  • 1 decumanus

    dĕcŭmānus, a, um, v. decimanus.

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  • 2 decumanus

    I
    decumana, decumanum ADJ
    of the tenth (legion); huge/outsize; of tithe

    w/porta -- rear gate of camp

    II
    man of tenth legion; tax-farmer/who buys right to tithe; line bounding 10 actus

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  • 3 decumānus or decimānus

        decumānus or decimānus adj.    [decimus], of the tenth part, of tithes: ager, that pays tithes: frumentum, a tithe of the produce. — Collecting tithes, farming tithes: mulier, a tithe-farmer's wife.—As subst m., a tithe-farmer, tax-collector.— Poet.: acipenser, fit for a tax-collector, i. e. of the largest size, Lucil. ap. C.— Of the tenth cohort, in the phrase, porta decumana, the main entrance of a Roman camp, where the tenth cohort of the legion was stationed, Cs., L.— Plur m. as subst, soldiers of the tenth legion, Ta.

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  • 4 Psarocolius decumanus

    ENG crested oropendola

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  • 5 decimanus

    dĕcĭmānus or dĕcŭmānus (v. decimus), a, um, adj. [decimus], of or belonging to the tenth part.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Of tithes, as a tax:

    ager,

    that pays tithes, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    frumentum,

    i. e. a tithe of the produce, id. ib. 2, 3, 5 fin. and 81: oleum, Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 19.—
    2.
    Subst.: dĕcŭmānus, i, m., a farmer of tithes, tithe-gatherer, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; 71; 2, 3, 8 et saep.: (perh. sarcastically) dĕcŭmāna, ae, f., the wife of a tithefarmer, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33;

    for which decumana mulier,

    id. ib. 34.—
    B.
    Of the tenth cohort: miles, Auct. B. Afr. 16, 2; and oftener absol. dĕcŭmāni, ōrum, m., id. ib. § 1; Auct. B. Hisp. 30 fin.; Tac. H. 5, 20; Suet. Caes. 70.—Esp.: porta decumana, the main entrance of a Roman camp, placed the farthest from the enemy (because the tenth cohort of each legion was there encamped), opposite the porta praetoria, Caes. B. G. 2, 24; 3, 25 fin.; 6, 37; id. B. C. 3, 69; Liv. 3, 5; 10, 32 fin. al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 23; Smith's Ant. p. 222, a.—
    C.
    Decumanus limes, in agriculture, a boundary line drawn from east to west, opp. cardo (v. h. v.), Col. 12, 43, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169; 18, 34, 77, § 337; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 14; v. Wordswörth, Fragm. p. 446.—
    II.
    Meton., considerable, large, immense (cf.: decimus, decem, decies, etc.): accipensere, Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: DECUMANA ova' dicuntur et DECUMANI fluctus, quia sunt magna, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 5; cf. ib. 4, 7 Müll.

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  • 6 decumana

    dĕcĭmānus or dĕcŭmānus (v. decimus), a, um, adj. [decimus], of or belonging to the tenth part.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Of tithes, as a tax:

    ager,

    that pays tithes, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    frumentum,

    i. e. a tithe of the produce, id. ib. 2, 3, 5 fin. and 81: oleum, Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 19.—
    2.
    Subst.: dĕcŭmānus, i, m., a farmer of tithes, tithe-gatherer, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; 71; 2, 3, 8 et saep.: (perh. sarcastically) dĕcŭmāna, ae, f., the wife of a tithefarmer, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33;

    for which decumana mulier,

    id. ib. 34.—
    B.
    Of the tenth cohort: miles, Auct. B. Afr. 16, 2; and oftener absol. dĕcŭmāni, ōrum, m., id. ib. § 1; Auct. B. Hisp. 30 fin.; Tac. H. 5, 20; Suet. Caes. 70.—Esp.: porta decumana, the main entrance of a Roman camp, placed the farthest from the enemy (because the tenth cohort of each legion was there encamped), opposite the porta praetoria, Caes. B. G. 2, 24; 3, 25 fin.; 6, 37; id. B. C. 3, 69; Liv. 3, 5; 10, 32 fin. al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 23; Smith's Ant. p. 222, a.—
    C.
    Decumanus limes, in agriculture, a boundary line drawn from east to west, opp. cardo (v. h. v.), Col. 12, 43, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169; 18, 34, 77, § 337; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 14; v. Wordswörth, Fragm. p. 446.—
    II.
    Meton., considerable, large, immense (cf.: decimus, decem, decies, etc.): accipensere, Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: DECUMANA ova' dicuntur et DECUMANI fluctus, quia sunt magna, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 5; cf. ib. 4, 7 Müll.

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  • 7 decumani

    dĕcĭmānus or dĕcŭmānus (v. decimus), a, um, adj. [decimus], of or belonging to the tenth part.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Of tithes, as a tax:

    ager,

    that pays tithes, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    frumentum,

    i. e. a tithe of the produce, id. ib. 2, 3, 5 fin. and 81: oleum, Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 19.—
    2.
    Subst.: dĕcŭmānus, i, m., a farmer of tithes, tithe-gatherer, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; 71; 2, 3, 8 et saep.: (perh. sarcastically) dĕcŭmāna, ae, f., the wife of a tithefarmer, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33;

    for which decumana mulier,

    id. ib. 34.—
    B.
    Of the tenth cohort: miles, Auct. B. Afr. 16, 2; and oftener absol. dĕcŭmāni, ōrum, m., id. ib. § 1; Auct. B. Hisp. 30 fin.; Tac. H. 5, 20; Suet. Caes. 70.—Esp.: porta decumana, the main entrance of a Roman camp, placed the farthest from the enemy (because the tenth cohort of each legion was there encamped), opposite the porta praetoria, Caes. B. G. 2, 24; 3, 25 fin.; 6, 37; id. B. C. 3, 69; Liv. 3, 5; 10, 32 fin. al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 23; Smith's Ant. p. 222, a.—
    C.
    Decumanus limes, in agriculture, a boundary line drawn from east to west, opp. cardo (v. h. v.), Col. 12, 43, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169; 18, 34, 77, § 337; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 14; v. Wordswörth, Fragm. p. 446.—
    II.
    Meton., considerable, large, immense (cf.: decimus, decem, decies, etc.): accipensere, Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: DECUMANA ova' dicuntur et DECUMANI fluctus, quia sunt magna, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 5; cf. ib. 4, 7 Müll.

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  • 8 decimānus

        decimānus    see decumanus.
    * * *
    I
    decimana, decimanum ADJ
    of the tenth (legion); huge/outsize; of tithe

    w/porta -- rear gate of camp

    II
    man of tenth legion; tax-farmer/who buys right to tithe; line bounding 10 actus

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  • 9 Decima

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 10 Decimianus

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 11 decimum

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 12 Decimus

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 13 decimus

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 14 decumus

    1.
    dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.
    I.
    Prop.:

    mensis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

    legio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

    decima hora,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

    and without hora,

    Auct. Her. 4, 51:

    annus,

    Verg. A. 9, 155:

    septuma (dies) post decumam,

    i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

    cum decumo efficit ager,

    i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—
    * b.
    dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.
    1.
    As an offering:

    testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

    Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

    tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

    Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

    cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

    Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

    so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

    id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—
    2.
    A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

    Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—
    3.
    A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—
    4.
    A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.
    II.
    Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

    vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

    Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

    so of billows,

    Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

    posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).
    2.
    Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.
    I.
    Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

    pirus,

    Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—
    II.
    Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

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  • 15 limes

    līmĕs, ĭtis, m. [root in līmus; cf. limen, and Gr. lechris; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5], a cross-path, balk between fields.
    I.
    Lit., the Romans usually had in their fields two broad and two narrower paths; the principal balk from east to west was called limes decumanus; that from north to south was called cardo;

    of the two smaller ones, that running from east to west was called prorus, the other, from north to south, transversus,

    Hyg. de Limit. Const. 18, 33 and 34; Col. 1, 8, 7:

    lutosi limites,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8. —
    B.
    Transf. (mostly poet.).
    1.
    A boundary, limit between two fields or estates, consisting of a stone or a balk:

    partiri limite campum,

    Verg. G. 1, 126:

    saxum antiquum, ingens, campo quod forte jacebat, Limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis,

    id. A. 12, 897:

    effodit medio de limite saxum,

    Juv. 16, 38.—
    2.
    A fortified boundaryline, a boundary-wall:

    cuncta inter castellum Alisonem ac Rhenum novis limitibus aggeribusque permunita,

    Tac. A. 2, 7:

    limite acto promotisque praesidiis,

    id. G. 29: penetrat interius, aperit limites, Vell. 2, 120.—
    3.
    In gen., any path, passage, road, way; also, by-street, by-road:

    eo limite Athenienses signa extulerunt,

    Liv. 31, 39:

    profectus inde transversis limitibus,

    id. ib.:

    lato te limite ducam,

    Verg. A. 9, 323:

    acclivis,

    Ov. M. 2, 19:

    limite recto fugere,

    id. ib. 7, 782:

    transversi,

    by-roads, Liv. 22, 12, 2 Fabr.; 31, 39, 5; 41, 14 init.: limes Appiae, the line of the Appian street (for the street itself), id. 22, 15, 11:

    limite acto (i. e. facto),

    Tac. G. 29.—

    Of the channel of a stream: solito dum flumina currant Limite,

    Ov. M. 8, 558; Prop. 5, 9, 60.—Of the track of light left behind them by comets, fiery meteors, torches, etc.:

    flammiferumque trahens spatioso limite crinem, Stella micat,

    Ov. M. 15, 849:

    tum longo limite sulcus Dat lucem,

    Verg. A. 2, 697; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:

    sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes,

    the zodiac, Ov. M. 2, 130:

    latum per agmen Ardens limitem agit ferro,

    Verg. A. 10, 514; cf. Sil. 4, 463; 9, 379; Stat. Th. 9, 182.—
    4.
    A line or vein in a precious stone:

    nigram materiam distinguente limite albo,

    Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    A boundary, limit:

    limes carminis,

    Stat. Th. 1, 16:

    aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,

    Juv. 10, 169.—
    B.
    A distinction, difference:

    judicium brevi limite falle tuum,

    Ov. R. Am. 325:

    quaedam perquam tenui limite dividuntur,

    Quint. 9, 1, 3.—
    C.
    A way, path:

    si maledicitis vostro gradiar limite,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18:

    bene meritis de patria quasi limes ad caeli aditum patet,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 8; Sen. Ben. 1, 15, 2:

    eundem limitem agere,

    to go the same way, employ the same means, Ov. A. A. 3, 558.

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  • 16 quartadecumani

    quartă-dĕcŭmāni, ōrum, m. adj. [quartus-decumanus], of or belonging to the fourteenth legion; subst., the soldiers of the fourteenth legion, Tac. H. 2, 11.

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