decimo

Latin > English

decimo decimare, decimavi, decimatus V TRANS :: choose by lot every tenth man (for punishment); make tithe offering (to a god)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dĕcĭmo: or dĕcŭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. decimus.
I To select by lot every tenth man for punishment, to decimate (postAug., although the practice itself occurs as early as 283 A. U. C.; v. Liv. 2, 59 fin.), Suet. Galb. 12: cohortes, id. Aug. 24: cohortium militem, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 37 al.— Absol., Suet. Calig. 48.—
II To cause to pay tithes, to collect tithes from a person. —Pass.: et Levi decimatus est, Vulg. Hebr. 7, 9.—
III To select the tenth part as an offering, to pay tithes of anything, Fest. p. 237, 25 Müll.; Vulg. Matth. 23, 23.—Hence, dĕcŭmātus, a, um, P. a., selected, excellent, choice: honestas, Symm. Ep. 3, 49 and 51.—Sup.: juvenis, id. ib. 8, 16.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) dĕcĭmō¹⁴ (dĕcŭ-), āre (decimus), tr., décimer, punir [ordin^t de mort] une personne sur dix : abs^t] Suet. Cal. 48 ; [avec acc.] Suet. Aug. 24.
(2) dĕcĭmō, adv., en dixième lieu : Cassian. Inst. 4, 39 ; Cassiod. Anima 12.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) decimo¹ (decumo), āvī, ātum, āre (decimus), zehnten, I) = den zehnten Mann zur Bestrafung herausheben, dezimieren, legiones, cohortes, Suet.: deditos, Tac.: saepius milites, Capit.: cohortium militem, Frontin. Vgl. decimus quisque unter decimus. – II) = den zehnten Teil zum Opfer auswählen, Fest. p. 237 (a), 25. – Dah. Partiz. decimatus übtr., ausgewählt, erlesen, honestas, Symm. ep. 3, 49 u. 51. – III) etw. od. (prägn.) jmd. mit dem Zehnten (als Abgabe) belegen, etwas od. jmd. verzehnten, mentham, Vulg. Matth. 23, 23 u. Luc. 11, 42: alqm, Vulg. Hebr. 7, 9.
(2) decimō², Adv., s. 1. decimus.

Latin > Chinese

decimo, as, are. :: 取十分一。— legionem 罰隊伍中十兵之一。