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|lshtext=<b>dĕcĭēs</b>: or dĕcĭens,<br /><b>I</b> num. adv. [[decem]], [[ten]] times.<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: columbae [[decies]] [[anno]] pariunt, quaedam et [[undecies]], Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 147: [[decies]] [[seni]], Ov. F. 3, 163: HS. [[decies]] centena milia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10 Zumpt. More [[commonly]] absol. [[decies]]: HS. [[decies]] et octingenta milia, i. e. 1,800,000 sesterces, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39: [[supra]] trecenta milia [[usque]] ad [[decies]] aeris, Liv. 24, 11: ad summam sestertii [[decies]] in aerarium retulit, id. 45, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 237; Dig. 35, 1, 77, § 3 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., an [[indefinite]] [[large]] [[number]] or [[sum]], Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 27; id. Stich. 3, 2, 45; Hor. A. P. 294; 365; Pers. 6, 79; Juv. 13, 136 et saep.: [[decies]] centena dedisses Huic [[parco]], etc., Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf. Juv. 10, 335; Catul. 23, 20.