decimanorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decimanus, decimana, decimanum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
of the tenth (legion); huge/outsize; of tithe; [w/porta => rear gate of camp];
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.) - Entry →decimanus, decimani:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
man of tenth legion; tax-farmer/who buys right to tithe; line bounding 10 actus;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...latere dextro tertia legio, sinistro sexta incedebat, mediis decimanorum delectis; recepta inter ordines impedimenta, et tergum mille equites..."Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...illuc cursantem posse medio intercipi. Quibus obvenerant castra decimanorum, obpugnationem legionis arduam rati egressum militem et caedendis materiis..."
