decurio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decurio, decuriare, decuriavi, decuriatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
make (cavalry) squads of ten; organize in military fashion; enroll in decuria;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →decurio, decurionis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
decurion, officer commanding a decuria (calavry squad); (also naval); foreman;; member of municipal senate/governing committee of decuria; councillor;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Clodianus cornicularius et Maximus Partheni libertus et Satur decurio cubiculariorum et quidam e gladiatorio ludo vulneribus septem contrucidarunt..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...dataque mox terga hostibus forent, ni Sex. Tempanius, decurio equitum, labante iam re praesenti animo subvenisset..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...posset. ubi nihil temeritate solutum, nec amplius quam decurio equitum audentius progressus et sagittis confixus ceteros ad obsequium..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...centum milium censum, satis indicat quod apud nos decurio es. Igitur ut te non decurione solum verum etiam..."
