the Hebrews

Hĕbraei, ōrum, m., = Hebraioi, the Hebrews:

Hebraei, qui nunc Judaei: igitur et litterae Hebraeae,

Tert. Apol. 18; cf.:

postea vero cum in deserto consedissent, amiserunt vetus nomen Hebraei, et Judaei sunt appellati,

Lact. 4, 10; 2, 13, 8. —

Derivv.

Hĕbræus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hebrews, Hebrew:

terrae,

Tac. H. 5, 2:

liquores,

i. e. balsam, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213 (cf. Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 111):

lingua, litterae,

Aug. Civ. D. 18, 39; 42:

codices,

id. ib. 43.—

Hē̆brā̆ĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

plebes,

Alcim. Avit. 5, 544:

scripturae,

Lact. 4, 7 fin.—Adv.: Hē̆brā̆ĭcē, in the Hebrew language, in Hebrew:

Hebraice Messias dicitur,

Lact. 4, 7, 7.

Hĕbraei, ōrum, m., = Hebraioi, the Hebrews:

Hebraei, qui nunc Judaei: igitur et litterae Hebraeae,

Tert. Apol. 18; cf.:

postea vero cum in deserto consedissent, amiserunt vetus nomen Hebraei, et Judaei sunt appellati,

Lact. 4, 10; 2, 13, 8. —

Derivv.

Hĕbræus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hebrews, Hebrew:

terrae,

Tac. H. 5, 2:

liquores,

i. e. balsam, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213 (cf. Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 111):

lingua, litterae,

Aug. Civ. D. 18, 39; 42:

codices,

id. ib. 43.—

Hē̆brā̆ĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

plebes,

Alcim. Avit. 5, 544:

scripturae,

Lact. 4, 7 fin.—Adv.: Hē̆brā̆ĭcē, in the Hebrew language, in Hebrew:

Hebraice Messias dicitur,

Lact. 4, 7, 7.

Hĕbraei, ōrum, m., = Hebraioi, the Hebrews:

Hebraei, qui nunc Judaei: igitur et litterae Hebraeae,

Tert. Apol. 18; cf.:

postea vero cum in deserto consedissent, amiserunt vetus nomen Hebraei, et Judaei sunt appellati,

Lact. 4, 10; 2, 13, 8. —

Derivv.

Hĕbræus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hebrews, Hebrew:

terrae,

Tac. H. 5, 2:

liquores,

i. e. balsam, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213 (cf. Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 111):

lingua, litterae,

Aug. Civ. D. 18, 39; 42:

codices,

id. ib. 43.—

Hē̆brā̆ĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

plebes,

Alcim. Avit. 5, 544:

scripturae,

Lact. 4, 7 fin.—Adv.: Hē̆brā̆ĭcē, in the Hebrew language, in Hebrew:

Hebraice Messias dicitur,

Lact. 4, 7, 7.

Hĕbraei, ōrum, m., = Hebraioi, the Hebrews:

Hebraei, qui nunc Judaei: igitur et litterae Hebraeae,

Tert. Apol. 18; cf.:

postea vero cum in deserto consedissent, amiserunt vetus nomen Hebraei, et Judaei sunt appellati,

Lact. 4, 10; 2, 13, 8. —

Derivv.

Hĕbræus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hebrews, Hebrew:

terrae,

Tac. H. 5, 2:

liquores,

i. e. balsam, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213 (cf. Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 111):

lingua, litterae,

Aug. Civ. D. 18, 39; 42:

codices,

id. ib. 43.—

Hē̆brā̆ĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

plebes,

Alcim. Avit. 5, 544:

scripturae,

Lact. 4, 7 fin.—Adv.: Hē̆brā̆ĭcē, in the Hebrew language, in Hebrew:

Hebraice Messias dicitur,

Lact. 4, 7, 7.

dĕus, i ( voc. sing. deus, Vulg. Psa. 22, 3 al.;

but, dee,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 29; Prud. Hamart. 931; cf. Prob. Inst. Art. 532, p. 340. The nom. plur. is di and dei; dii is freq. in MSS., but prob. indicates only the length of the ī. Di alone is found in Verg. and Hor.; di and dei indifferently in post-Aug. poets.— Gen.: deōrum and deum. — Poet. also, divum or divom, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 65; Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; Verg. A. 1, 46 et saep.; Hor. Od. 1, 2, 25 al.— Dat.: dis or diis, usually monosyl.; and, deis, mostly postAug.; also,

DIBVS,

Inscr. Orell. 1307; 1676; 3091; 3413;

and DIIBVS,

ib. 2118; 4608.—As monosyllable, deus, Plaut. Am. prol. 53: deorum, dissyl. id. ib. 45;

but dĭī,

Luc. 4, 493:

dĕī,

id. 4, 519:

dĕīs,

Val. Fl. 7, 29), m. [root in Sanscr.: dī, div- (dyu-), to gleam: dyāus (Gr. zeus), heaven: dévas, God; cf. Gr. dios, eudia; but not theos, Curt. Gr. etym. 503 sqq.]. a god, a deity (for syn. cf.: divus, numen).

Prop., Cic. N. D. 1, 22 sq.; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 65 sq.; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14: qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41 (Ann. v. 116 sq. ed Vahl.): ab Jove ceterisque dis deabusque immortalibus... deorum immortalium numen, Cic. Rab. perd. 2, 5 et innum. al.—

Special combinations.

Forms of ejaculation:

di,

Ter. And. 1, 4, 5; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 13:

di boni,

id. And. 2, 2, 1; id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; Cic. Att. 6, 6 fin. al.:

di immortales,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 299; id. Ep. 5, 1, 21; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 1; Cic. Fin. 2, 28 fin. et saep.; cf.:

pro di immortales,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 190; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 1:

di magni,

Ov. F. 6, 187:

di deaeque, Plin. H. N. prooem. § 24: di vostram fidem,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 78; id. Trin. 2, 4, 190; Ter. And. 4, 3, 1; 4, 4, 5 al. (for which in full:

di, obsecro vostram fidem,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 78); cf.:

pro deum atque hominum fidem,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 2; id. Hec. 2, 1, 1 al.;

and ellipt.: pro deum immortalium,

Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 4.—

Forms of wishing (well or ill), greeting, asseveration, etc.:

di bene vortant,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 101; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10;

and in the order: di vortant bene,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 98; id. Hec. 1, 2, 121:

utinam di faxint ut, ne, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 85; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 109; cf.:

ita di deaeque faxint,

id. Hec. 1, 2, 27:

di faciant, ut, ne, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35; 2, 5, 13:

di prohibeant,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 36; cf.: di averruncent, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 2 A, 1; and:

quod di omen avertant,

the gods forbid, Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

di melius faciant,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 81; cf.:

di melius duint,

Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 16:

di meliora ferant,

Tib. 3, 4, 1:

di meliora velint,

Ov. M. 7, 37;

also ellipt.: di meliora,

God forbid! Cic. Phil. 8, 3, 9; id. de Sen. 14, 47; Liv; 39, 10 et saep.;

and di melius,

Ov. H. 3, 125; Sen. Ep. 98 med.:

dent tibi di multa bona,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; id. Trin. 5, 2, 28; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21:

di te servassint,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 64; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103 et saep.:

di me servatum volunt,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 61; id. Trin. 4, 3, 69 [p. 565] et saep.:

di te perduint (perdant),

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Ps. 4, 7, 129; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 10 al.; cf.:

di te eradicent,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 22; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 28; and:

di tibi male faciant,

id. Phorm. 2, 3, 47; Cic. Fam. 11, 21 al.:

di te ament (amabunt), as a form of greeting,

God bless you! Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 27; 3, 2, 28; id. Men. 2, 2, 6 al.:

ita me di ament (amabunt),

so help me the gods! Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 4, 44 et saep.; cf.:

ita me di bene ament,

id. Eun. 4, 1, 1; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 13:

per deos immortales,

by the immortal gods! Cic. Phil. 3, 14:

per deos,

id. Off. 2, 2 al.:

cum dis volentibus,

by the gods' help, Enn. in Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 ed. Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 41; id. Pers. 3, 1, 4; cf.:

dis volentibus,

God willing, Sall. 3, 14, 19:

si dis placet,

if it please the gods, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94;

for which: si di volent,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 88;

more freq.: si dis placet, ironically or contemptuously,

an't please the gods; if you please; forsooth, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Pis. 16 fin.; Liv. 6, 40; 34, 32; Quint. 8, 3, 44; Flor. 3, 4, 1 al.:

di hominesque,

i. e. all the world, every body, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; Sall. C. 15, 4; Liv. 3, 17; 3, 19 al.:

dis hominibusque invitis,

in spite of every body, Cic. Vatin. 16, 38; id. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 1.—

Esp.

In poets sometimes a goddess; cf. Gr. theos:

ducente deo (sc. Venere),

Verg. A. 2, 632:

audentes deus ipse juvat (sc. Fortuna),

Ov. M. 10, 586; Macr. Sat. 3, 8; cf. of Aurora, Cat. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 28 fin.;

of Alecto,

Verg. A. 7, 498 (but in all these passages, some regard deus as absol., = to theion, the divinity, Heyne ad Verg. A. 2, 632).—

Of Bacchus, Verg. A. 9, 337; 1, 636.—

In eccl. Lat., esp. the God of the Hebrews and Christians, God:

Deus summus,

Lact. 1, 1:

omnipotens,

Vulg. Gen. 17, 1 et passim. Also of the Son of God, God the Son, Christ:

Deus pater et Deus filius,

Lact. 4, 29, 1; Vulg. Johan. 1, 1 al.

Transf., of highly distinguished or fortunate persons:

te in dicendo semper putavi deum,

Cic. Or. 1, 23, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 42, 179:

facio te apud illum deum,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 19:

audiamus Platonem quasi quendam deum philosophorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 12; cf.:

deus ille noster Plato,

id. Att. 4, 16, 3:

ubi nunc nobis deus ille magister, Eryx,

Verg. A. 5, 392:

deos quoniam propius contingis (i. e. Augustus and Maecenas),

Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

deus sum, si hoc ita est,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 3; cf.:

sum deus,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 11; esp. of great patrons or protectors, a guardian god:

Lentulus consul, parens deus, salus nostrae vitae,

Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 5, 11:

Lentulus, cujus pater deus ac parens nominis mei,

id. Sest. 69, 144.—Hence freq. in inscriptions and on coins of the period of the empire, as an epithet of the emperors:

DEO AUG.,

Inscr. Orell. 609 et saep.; cf. Nem. Venat. 71; Calp. Ecl. 7.

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

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.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

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.—

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.—

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.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

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).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

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.—

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.

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

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.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

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.—

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.—

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.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

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).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

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.—

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.

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

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.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

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.—

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.—

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.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

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).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

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.—

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.

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

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.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

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.—

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.—

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.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

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).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

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.—

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.

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

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.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

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.—

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.—

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.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

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).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

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.—

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.

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

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.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

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.—

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.—

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.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

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).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

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.—

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.

manna, ae, f., = manna, a grain, a vegetable juice hardened into grains, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62:

manna una turis,

id. 29, 6, 38, § 119:

croci,

Veg. Vet. 2, 39. ††

manna, man, manhu, neutr. indecl., and manna, ae, f. [Hebrew], the manna of the Hebrews.— Neutr.:

Filii Israël dixerunt ad invicem, Manhu, quod significat, Quid est hoc?

Vulg. Exod. 16, 15:

sume vas unum, et mitte ibi man, quantum, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 33.— Fem., Hier. in Psa. 131, 16:

mannae cibus,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 20, 3:

legimus, manna esui populo fuisse,

Tert. Carn. Chr. 6.—

Transf., food for the soul, divine support:

manna absconditum,

Vulg. Apoc. 2, 17.

manna, ae, f., = manna, a grain, a vegetable juice hardened into grains, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62:

manna una turis,

id. 29, 6, 38, § 119:

croci,

Veg. Vet. 2, 39. ††

manna, man, manhu, neutr. indecl., and manna, ae, f. [Hebrew], the manna of the Hebrews.— Neutr.:

Filii Israël dixerunt ad invicem, Manhu, quod significat, Quid est hoc?

Vulg. Exod. 16, 15:

sume vas unum, et mitte ibi man, quantum, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 33.— Fem., Hier. in Psa. 131, 16:

mannae cibus,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 20, 3:

legimus, manna esui populo fuisse,

Tert. Carn. Chr. 6.—

Transf., food for the soul, divine support:

manna absconditum,

Vulg. Apoc. 2, 17.

manna, ae, f., = manna, a grain, a vegetable juice hardened into grains, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62:

manna una turis,

id. 29, 6, 38, § 119:

croci,

Veg. Vet. 2, 39. ††

manna, man, manhu, neutr. indecl., and manna, ae, f. [Hebrew], the manna of the Hebrews.— Neutr.:

Filii Israël dixerunt ad invicem, Manhu, quod significat, Quid est hoc?

Vulg. Exod. 16, 15:

sume vas unum, et mitte ibi man, quantum, etc.,

id. ib. 16, 33.— Fem., Hier. in Psa. 131, 16:

mannae cibus,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 20, 3:

legimus, manna esui populo fuisse,

Tert. Carn. Chr. 6.—

Transf., food for the soul, divine support:

manna absconditum,

Vulg. Apoc. 2, 17.