Decius
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Dĕcĭus: a.
I An ancient Italian praenomen: Decius Magius, Liv. 23, 7, 10; Vell. 2, 16, 2 al.—
II The name of an eminent plebeian gens at Rome. Its bestknown members were the two Decii (P. Decius Mus, father and son), who, as consuls, voluntarily devoted themselves to death to save their country (the former, in the Latin war, at Veseris, B.C. 340, the latter, in the Samnite war, at Sentinum, B.C. 295), Liv. 8, 9; 10, 27 sq.; Val. Max. 1, 7, 3; 5, 6, 5 sq.; Flor. 1, 14, 3; 1, 17, 7; Cic. Off. 2, 4, 16; id. Div. 1, 24, 51; id. Fin. 2, 19, 61; id. de Sen. 13, 43; Prop. 3, 11, 62 (4, 10, 62 M.). —Genit.: Deci, id. 4 (5), 1, 45. Cicero also mentions the grandson, who devoted himself at Asculum in the war against Pyrrhus, B.C. 279, Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89; id. Fin. 2, 19, 61 fin.—Hence,
1 Dĕcius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Decius, lex, of P. Decius Mus, Liv. 9, 30.—
2 Dĕcĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to Decius: exercitus (i. e. of the second Decius), Liv. 10, 31.—
III An artist at Rome, B.C. 56, Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 44.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Dĕcĭus,⁹ ĭī, m. et Dĕcĭī, ĭōrum, m., Décius, les Décius [nom de trois illustres Romains qui se dévouèrent pour la patrie : Cic. Off. 3, 16 ; Liv. 8, 9, 1 ; 10, 28, 12 || Décius Magius, citoyen de Capoue : Liv. 23, 10, 3 || Dèce, empereur romain || -cĭus, a, um, de P. Décius Mus : Liv. 9, 30.
Latin > German (Georges)
Decius, a, um, Name einer röm. gens, aus der am berühmtesten die beiden Decii (P. Decius Mus, Vater u. Sohn), die sich als Konsuln zur Rettung des Vaterlandes (der Vater im Latinerkriege, i. J. 340 v. Chr., der Sohn im Samniterkriege, i. J. 295 v. Chr.) freiwillig dem Tode weihten, Liv. 8, 9, 1 sqq.; 10, 28, 6 sqq. Cic. Tusc. 1, 89: devotio P. Decii consulis, Liv. 9, 10, 3: Deciorum devotio, Min. Fel. 7, 3: Deciorum devotiones, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 16: u. so Plur. Decii außerdem bei Cic. Sest. 143. Verg. georg. 2, 169. Sen. contr. 9, 25, 9. Claud. Probr. et Olybr. cons. 147. Augustin. de civ. dei 5, 14. – Dav. Deciānus, a, um, decisch, exercitus, des Decius (des Sohnes), Liv. 10, 31, 3.
