dĕcĭmo or — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

dĕcĭmo or dĕcŭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. decimus. 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.— To cause to pay tithes, to collect tithes from a person. —Pass.: et Levi decimatus est, Vulg. Hebr. 7, 9.— 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.

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