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|lshtext=<b>dĕcĭmus</b>: or dĕcŭmus (the [[latter]] form prevailed in the [[later]] [[law]] lang.; [[hence]], [[decumanus]]), a, um, adj. [[decem]] [[with]] superl. [[ending]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[tenth]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> dĕcĭmum, adv. ([[like]] [[tertium]], [[quartum]], etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the [[tenth]] [[time]], Liv. 6, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: dĕcĭma (dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. [[pars]]), the [[tenth]] [[part]], [[tithe]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[tithe]], as conveyed by [[last]] [[will]]: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.<br /><b>II</b> 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. [[τρικυμία]]); 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).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>dĕcĭmus</b>⁸ <b>(dĕcŭ-)</b>, a, um, dixième : Cæs. G. 1, 40, 15 ; Virg. En. 9, 155 ; [[decuma]] [[pars]] Pl. St. 233, la dîme &#124;&#124; <b>dĕcĭmus</b>, ī, m., pris subst<sup>t</sup> : <b> a)</b> [s.-ent. [[liber]] ] [[tertio]] [[decimo]] annalium Gell. 18, 2, 16, dans le treizième livre des annales ; <b> b)</b> [s.-ent. [[dies]] ] [[decimo]] Kalendas Maias Col. Rust. 11, 2, 36, le dixième jour avant les calendes de Mai &#124;&#124; <b>dĕcĭma</b>, subst. f., v. ce mot &#124;&#124; [fig.] gros, considérable : [[decimus]] [[fluctus]] Luc. 5, 672, la [[plus]] grosse vague, cf. Ov. M. 11, 530 &#124;&#124; n., v. [[decimum]].||<b>dĕcĭmus</b>, ī, m., pris subst<sup>t</sup> : <b> a)</b> [s.-ent. [[liber]] ] [[tertio]] [[decimo]] annalium Gell. 18, 2, 16, dans le treizième livre des annales ; <b> b)</b> [s.-ent. [[dies]] ] [[decimo]] Kalendas Maias Col. Rust. 11, 2, 36, le dixième jour avant les calendes de Mai||<b>dĕcĭma</b>, subst. f., v. ce mot||[fig.] gros, considérable : [[decimus]] [[fluctus]] Luc. 5, 672, la [[plus]] grosse vague, cf. Ov. M. 11, 530||n., v. [[decimum]].
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) [[decimus]]<sup>1</sup> (decumus), a, um, der [[zehnte]], I) eig.: A) adi.: [[legio]], Caes.: [[pars]], [[Zehntel]], Cic.: [[hora]] diei, Cic.: [[dies]], Cels.: [[mensis]], [[Komik]].: [[annus]], Verg., Cels. u. Tac., [[annus]] aetatis, Quint.: [[decimus]] [[quisque]], [[jedesmal]] der [[Zehnte]] (der [[zehnte]] [[Mann]]), Plaut. (dah. beim Dezimieren der Soldaten sorte [[decimum]] quemque ad [[supplicium]] legere, Liv.: [[decimum]] quemque sortiri, Sen.: [[decimum]] quemque sorte ductos fusti necare od. bl. [[decimum]] quemque fusti ferire, Tac.): [[tertius]] [[decimus]], [[quartus]] [[decimus]] [[locus]], Cic.: [[tertius]] [[decimus]] [[dies]], Cels.: [[mensis]] [[sextus]] ac [[decimus]], Aur. Vict.: septima [[dies]] [[post]] decimam, poet. = der [[siebzehnte]], Verg. – B) subst.: 1) [[decimus]], ī, m., a) (sc. [[liber]]) das [[zehnte]] [[Buch]] [[einer]] [[Schrift]], in [[tertio]] [[decimo]] annalium, Gell. 18, 2, 16. – b) (sc. [[dies]]) der [[zehnte]] [[Tag]], der [[Zehnte]], [[decimo]] Kalendas Maias, Col. 11, 2, 36: [[tertio]] [[decimo]] Kalendas Augustas, ibid. § 52. – 2) [[decima]] od. gew. [[decuma]], ae, f., a) (sc. [[hora]]) die [[zehnte]] [[Stunde]] [[des]] [[Tages]] (= 4 [[Uhr]] nachmittags), quem nulla [[res]] [[ultra]] decumam retinuit, Sen. de tranqu. anim. 17, 7. – b) (sc. [[pars]]) der [[zehnte]] [[Teil]], α) das [[einer]] [[Gottheit]] gelobte [[Zehntel]] der [[Beute]], der [[Einkünfte]] (vgl. [[Varro]] LL. 6, 54), vovere Apollini decumas praedae, Iustin. 20, 3, 3; decimam praedae Apollini consecrare, Macr. [[sat]]. 1, 7, 30: decumas Herculi ferre ex [[praeda]] Siciliensi, Iustin. 18, 7, 7: [[bene]] re gestā decimam Herculi profanare (dem H. [[weihen]]), Massur. Sabin. [[bei]] Macr. [[sat]]. 3, 6, 11: decimam Herculi vovere, Macr. [[sat]]. 3, 12, 2: cum de [[decima]] Herculis [[nec]] tertiam partem in aram [[eius]] imponitis, Tert. apol. 14. – Da zu solchen [[Opfern]] aus den Einkünften das [[Volk]] eingeladen wurde, um am Opferschmaus teilzunehmen, so erwarb [[sich]] der Darbringer beim Volke große [[Ehre]] od. großen [[Dank]]; dah. Oresti [[nuper]] prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt, Cic. de off. 2, 58: decimas maturius dabat, Suet. Cal. 26, 4. – β) das [[Zehntel]] [[als]] [[Erbteil]], placet [[ergo]] decumas uxoribus dari, quartas meretricibus? Trachal. b. Quint. 8, 5, 19. – γ) der [[zehnte]] [[Teil]] [[des]] Jahresertrags [[als]] [[Abgabe]] der [[Grundeigentümer]], der [[Zehnte]], das [[Zehent]], [[decuma]] hordei, Cic.: [[decima]] fructuum, Aur. Vict.: [[unae]] decumae, [[unae]] [[unius]] agri decumae, Cic.: Sardiniae binae eo [[anno]] decumae frumenti imperatae, Liv.: [[alteras]] decumas Siculis imperare, Liv.: [[duas]] decumas frumenti exigere, Liv.: neminem [[minus]] [[tribus]] decumis dedisse, Cic.: ut [[pro]] singulis decumis ternas decumas dare liceret, Cic. – 3) decumum, ī, n., das Zehnfache, das [[zehnte]] [[Korn]] [[als]] [[Ertrag]], [[ager]] efficit od. effert cum [[decumo]], trägt [[zehnfach]], Cic. Verr. 3, 112 sq.: concedes ut cum [[decumo]] [[fructus]] arationis [[perceptus]] sit, Cic. Verr. 3, 114. – C) adv.: 1) [[decimum]], zum [[zehnten]] Male, [[nos]] reficietis [[decimum]] tribunos, Liv. 6, 40, 8. – 2) decimō, [[zehntens]], Cassian. instit. 4, 39. Cassiod. de anim. 12. – II) meton. ([[wie]] [[decem]], [[decimanus]] etc.) = [[ansehnlich]], [[groß]], [[ungeheuer]], [[unda]], Ov.: [[fluctus]], Lucan. (vgl. [[decumanus]] [[fluctus]] u. im Griech. [[τρικυμία]]).
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|lnztxt=decimus, a, um. ''adj''. :: [[第十]]
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