decuma

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Latin

Noun

decuma f (genitive decumae); first declension

  1. a tenth, one-tenth, a tithe

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative decuma decumae
genitive decumae decumārum
dative decumae decumīs
accusative decumam decumās
ablative decumā decumīs
vocative decuma decumae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Welsh: degwm (“tithe”)

Verb

decumā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of decumō

References

  • “decuma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “decuma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decuma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “decuma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “decuma”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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