decumanus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

decumus (“tenth”) +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation

Adjective

decumānus (feminine decumāna, neuter decumānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) tenth; of the tenth
  2. concerned with or relating to tithes or the collection of tithes
  3. concerned with or relating to the tenth cohort or legion

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative decumānus decumāna decumānum decumānī decumānae decumāna
Genitive decumānī decumānae decumānī decumānōrum decumānārum decumānōrum
Dative decumānō decumānō decumānīs
Accusative decumānum decumānam decumānum decumānōs decumānās decumāna
Ablative decumānō decumānā decumānō decumānīs
Vocative decumāne decumāna decumānum decumānī decumānae decumāna

Noun

decumānus m (genitive decumānī); second declension

  1. a tithe farmer or collector
  2. a street that ran east–west in a Roman town or military camp
  3. (Medieval Latin) a type of priest in northern Italy, later specifically in Milan, who originally acted as papal missionaries

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative decumānus decumānī
Genitive decumānī decumānōrum
Dative decumānō decumānīs
Accusative decumānum decumānōs
Ablative decumānō decumānīs
Vocative decumāne decumānī

See also
  • cardō (“north-south street”)

References
  • “decumanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “decumanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decumanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • decumanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “decumanus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
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