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|lshtext=<b>dĕcĭmānus</b>: or dĕcŭmānus (v. [[decimus]]), a, um, adj. [[decimus]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to the [[tenth]] [[part]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> [[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.