DEC 
DEC 
DEC 
ccntumvirs. 
Ovid. Decies decemviri, 
Martial. Bis decies. Cic. Decies cen- 
tena millia, and Liv., Decies centum 
millia, a million. — Decies, Liv., and 
Decies centena, Horat., are also used 
to signify a million. -* IT Alsp, often. 
Plant. Decies dixi. 
DSCIMX. See Decimus. . 
DECIMaNOS, and DECOMaNOS (deci- 
mus), a, um, adj. belonging to the tenth, 
relating to the tenth part Toot.. Deou- 
r „... Tacit. Decu 
inani Indites, the soldiers of. the tenth 
" ^ " land 
lecrion, -• If Decumanus ager, 
that paid tithes or one tenth of its produce 
Ql c ._if Hence, Decumanus, subst., 
tithe-gatherer. Cic. - IT Decumana 
mulier, wife of a tithe-gatherer. Cic. 
If Decumanum frumentum, a tithe of the 
produce. Cic. -IT Also, great, large. 
Fesl. Decumana ova. Id. Decumani 
fluctus. - IT Decumana porta, the 
vrincival gate of the camp. Cats. 
invu;T»R onS rttfrmivrj 
DECLMaTIS, and DECOMaTIO (deci- 
3 mo), onis, f. a selection by lot of every 
tenth man for punishment; decimation, 
dsKiirevdS. Capitolin. 
DiSCIMS, and DEC0M5 (decimus), as, 
2 a. 1. to decimate, take by lot every tenth 
man for punishment, SeKarevoi. Sueton. 
Recusantes decimavit. 
DECIMOS, and DEC0M08 (decern), a, 
um, adj. the tenth, StKarog. Cic. Hora 
decima. Plant. Vix decimus quisque, 
hardly one in ten. - IT Also, large. 
Ovid. Decima; und®. - IT Decima, 
x (pars), a tithe of any thing. Cic. 
Oresti prandia in semitis decum® nomi¬ 
ne, magno honori fuerunt. Cic. Mag- 
nas decumas imponere. Id. Frumen¬ 
tum omne in decumas auferre, under 
the head of contributions. Id. Redimere 
decumas.-TT Decimus is also a Rei¬ 
man pranomen.-IT Decimum, adv. 
the tenth time. Liv. Nos relicietis deci- 
mum tribunos. 
DeCIPIS (de & capio), is, epi, eptum, 
a. 3. to deceive, beguile, e^airaTaco. Cic. 
Croesum decepit. Horat. Decipi specie 
recti. Plaut. Deceptus est in eo.- 
IT Figur. Ovid. Error decipit judicium, 
blinds. Id. Sic tamen decipio diem, 
beguile the hours. Horat. Dulcilaborum 
decipitur sono, is made to forget. Plin. 
Jubent acer decipi, to be imitated. Liv. 
Via decipi, to miss. 
DeCIPuLA, ®, f. and DreCIPOLOM (de- 
3 cipio), i, n. a snare, gin, trap. — Figur, 
a trick, artifice. Jlpul. 
DeCTRCINS (de & circino) , as, avi, atum, 
3 a. 1. to describe a circle ; to make round, 
kvk\6o>. Manil. 
OEpisre (decido), onis, f. a cutting off, 
d.TtoKoirr\ . Jlpul. -IF Figur. a decision , 
determination. Cic. Nostra decisio de 
ffiquitate. Id. Decisionis arbiter. 
DeCIuS, ii, m. the name of a Roman gens. 
Cic. — P. Decius Mus devoted himself 
for his country in the Latin war; his son , 
of the same name, in the Etruscan war ; 
and his grandson , in the war with Pyr¬ 
rhus. 
DeCLaMaTIQ (declamo), onis, f. a de¬ 
claiming ; a declamation; oration made 
on a theme, iieXerrj. Quintil. Declama- 
tio est forensium actionum meditatio. 
Cic. Quotidiana declamatio.-IT Al¬ 
so, a subject for declamation. Juvenal. 
Ut puens placeas, et declamatio lias. 
eCLaJIaPoR (Id.), oris, m. adeclaimer, 
pleader. Cic. ’ 
DeCLaMaToRIOS (declamator), a, um, 
. T* pertaining to the exercise of declaim¬ 
ing, declamatory. Cic. Declamatorio 
n-m 6 -? delectar * videtur. 
i »» , T5 (fteauentat. from declamo), 
1 as, a. 1 . to declaim, plead often. Cic. 
ommentabar decltimitans cum Pisone. 
I Waimiare causas. Id. Declami 
tare de aliquo. 
DeCLAMS (de & clamo), as, avi, atum 
• . to declaim, make set speeches, ycXc- 
Kniu’ Ad fluctum aiunt declamare 
solitum Demosthenem. Quintil. De- 
ciamare suasoria. Martial. Declamas 
7 A,so > t0 P lcad ■ Cic • aui 
rhma ° C * ontra me vehementissime de- 
o aS e V ! ,L aua! vi9us e9t ex alia 
r - lr Als °, to cry 
decl'imo^ 5 inveigh. Id. In quemvis 
metarnica. ° md " au ‘ S te,,erlB decla - 
DeCLaRaTIO (declavo), onis, f. c decla¬ 
ration, exposition, SKSrjXxcis. Cic 
DeCLaRaTOR (Id.), oris, m. he that dc- 
2 clares. Plin. 
DeCLaRO (de & claro), as, avi, atum, a. 
1. to declare, show clearly, make dear, in¬ 
dicate ^ distinctly, evince, manifest, ixlri- 
X6a>, tpfiavVjw. Cic. Consolatio litte- 
rarum tuarum declarat summam be- 
nevolentiam. Id. Praesentiam s®pe divi 
suam declarant. Id. Propriam cujusque 
rei vim definitione declarare. C’tcs. 
Sortibus et vaticinationibus declarare. 
Plin. Declaratur senecta dentibus, is 
shown, may be judged of. Plaut. Homi- 
nem catum eum esse declaramus, we 
say that he is. Gell. Propter cujus syl- 
labffi sonum declarandum, to express. 
Cic. Nullum verbum idem declarat La- 
tine, nearly expresses. Id. Plura voca- 
bula idem declarantia, signifying the 
same thing. -IT Also, to declare, pro¬ 
claim. Cic. Declarare consulem. Virg. 
Victorem magna prmconis voce Cloan- 
thum Declarat. 
DeCLiNaTIO (declino), onis, f. abending 
or turning aside; an avoiding, eschewing, 
shunning, ckkXiois. Curt. Cum exigua 
corporis declinatione vitare. Cic. La- 
boris et periculi declinatio. Id. A ma¬ 
ils declinatio. - If Also, aversion. 
Cic. Appetitio declinatio naturalis. - 
IT Also, a digression. Cic. Declinatio 
brevis a proposito. - IT Also, a re 
gion, a climate. Colum. Declinationes 
mundi.- IT Declinatio vocis, inflec¬ 
tion. Quintil. - IT With gramma¬ 
rians, the declension of nouns and verbs. 
Quintil. -IT Also, the derivation, com- 
positionof words. Quintil. 
DeCLiNaTOS (Id.), us, m. the same as 
Declinatio. Cic. 
DeCLiNIS (Id.), e, adject, turning aside. 
3 Stat._ Declinia juga. 
DeCLiNS (de Sc clino), as, avi, atum, a. 
1. to bend downwards, ckkXii/oj; nara- 
kX'ivm. Virg. Declinat lumina somno, 
inclines to sleep. Propert. Declinat ocel- 
los. Stat. Declinant lilia culmos, hang. 
Colum. Die in vesperum declinante, de¬ 
clining. -IT Figur. Plin. Declinante 
morbo, when on the decline. -ir Also, 
to turn aside, turn out of the way. Cic. 
De via declinavi. Id. Hue declinabam. 
Id. A' Capua declinaturum. Lucrct. 
Declinare recta regione viai. Plaut. 
Declinavi me extra viam. Liv. Ag- 
men declinare. Id. Ictus declinare. 
Catull. Declinavit lumina, turned. - 
IT Figur. Cic. Declinare a proposito, to 
wander, swerve. Plin. Gemma decli- 
nans a. topazio in aurum.-IT Also, 
to avoid, eschew, shun. Cic. A parvis 
delictis est declinandum. Id. Declina¬ 
re minas et contentiones. Id. impetum 
adyersarii. -If Also, to differ, vary 
from. Tcrent. Declinatam ab aliis.- 
IT Also, to incline, turn, nr be disposed 
towards. Cic. Unde hue declinavit nra- 
tio, from this digression. Quintil. Ad' 
discendumjus declinaverunt, turned or 
had recourse to. Horat. Cyrus in aspe- 
ram Declinat Pholoen, is fond of. - 
II Also, with grammarians, to decline. 
Quintil. Nomina declinare et verba. 
-- IT Also, to derive from. Varr. 
DeCLiVTS (de & clivus), e, and DeCLi- 
2 VOS, a, um, adject, bending downwards, 
steep, sloping, emicXivfis. Cies. Collis 
ab summo mqualiter declivis. Id. In 
declivi loco. Id. Recipere se per decli- 
ve. Ovid, per decliva, precipices. Id. 
Flurnina declivia. Plin. Sol declivis 
in occasum, declining. -IT Figur. Plin. 
Labitur occidu® per iter declive seriec- 
t®. Id. Mulier ®tate declivis. Cal- 
pum. Declivis ®stas. 
DeCLIVITaS (declivis), atis, f. a-declivi- 
J 2 ty, uXlua, kXltos• Cces. 
, DeCLi VOS. See Declivis. 3 
DeCoCTIS (decoquo), onis, f. the act of 
3 boiling down. Cod. Jiurelian. -V Al¬ 
so, a decoction. Jlpul. Harum decoctio 
potui data. 
DeCoCTOR (Td.), oris, m. a spendthrift, 
1 bankrupt. Cic. 
DeCoCTUM (Id.), i, n. a decoction; a 
2 boiling, or seething; broth or liauor. 
Plin. 
DeCoCTOS (Id.), partic. and adj. a, um, 
boiled or seethed, much sodden, boiled away, 
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boiled down. Plin. -IT Decocta, a 
(aqua), water boiled with spices, and cooled 
by snow. Sueton -If Figur. pure, 
refined. Pers. si forte aliquid decoc- 
ti.us : , l ." clls - TT Decocta poma, over¬ 
ripe fruit. — Hence, figur. Cic. Suavi- 
tatem decoctam, luscious. 
DeCoCTOS, us, m. the same as Decoctio 
d Plm. 
DeCOLLS (de & collum), as, avi, atum, 
a. I. to decapitate, behead, Suporouiu. 
Scncc. Decollare homines.-if Also 
to take or put from off the neck. CaiciL 
In tuo collo est: decolles, cave. _ 
If Figur. to deprive. Lucil. auibus fruc- 
tibus me decollavi-if Also, to fail, 
be wanting. Plant. Si ea spes decolla- 
bit, redibo. 
DeCOLoR (de & color), oris, adject, that 
- hath lost its color, discolored, KUKiixpoo;.. 
Plin. ./Estates decolorem faciunt cutem. 
Propert. Ustus et Eoo decolor Indus 
equo, sun-burnt, swarthy. Ovid. Deco¬ 
lor ipse suo sanguine Rhenus erit, stain¬ 
ed, discolored. -ir Figur. Virrr. Dete¬ 
nor ac decolor stas, vitiated, depraved. 
Ovid. lama decolor. 
DeCOLoRaTIQ (decoloro), onis, f. a dis- 
1 coloring^ : vitiating, corrupting. Cic. 
DeC(5L0Ro (decolor), as, avi’ atum, a. I. 
2 to discolor, tarnish, stain, vitiate, nara- 
X/ioio. Horat. Quod mare Dauni® Non 
decoloravere c®des. - ir Also, to 
change color. Colum. Oliv® decoloran¬ 
ts antequam mitescant. -If Figur. 
n Deco!orati mores, depraved. 
JJeCoEoROS, a, um, adject, the same as 
o Decolor. Prudent. 
DeCoNDS (de & condo), is, Idi, itum, 
— a. o. to put down into , hide. Scncc. Al. 
jeg. detrudet. 
DeCoNTOR, or DeCuNCTOR (de & con- 
3 tor or cunctor), aris, atus sum. dep 1 
to stay, delay. Jlpul. 
DeCOQUS (de & coquo) is, oxi, octum, a. 
1 and n. 3 .to boil, seethe, ireirno, oiaireirrco. 
Horat. discincti ludere, donee Decoque- 
retur olus soiiti. Plin. Decoquere len- 
tem in vino. Id. Rapa decoquuntur 
aqua. Id. Folia decoquuntur ex melle. 
—— IT Also,in pass, to grow hard. Plin. 
Acini decoquuntur in callum._IT Al¬ 
so, to boil down or away, diminish or con¬ 
sume by boiling. Colum. Decoquere ace- 
tum ad quartas.-If Also, to waste, con¬ 
sume. Liv. Argenti pars quarta decocta 
erat, hail been melted away. -If Figur. 
to diminish. Quintil. Multuni decoquent 
anni. — ir Hence, to spend or run through 
one’s fortune, become a bankrupt. (fie. 
Tenesne mernoria, prstextatum te de- 
coxisse. Plin. Creditoribus decoquere. 
- If Also, to make bankrupt. Pcrs. 
Hunc alea decoquit, breates or renders 
bankrupt. -If Figur. Flor. Imperium 
inertia C®sarum quasi consenuit, atque 
decoxit. Sencc. Boil® spei decoquere, 
to disappoint expectation. 
Df-CoR (deceo), oris, m. comeliness, grace- 
2 fulness, grace, elegance , cvnptjzeia. 
Quintil. Inest proprius quibusdam de¬ 
cor in liabitu atque vultu. Horat. Mo- 
biiibusque decor, maturfs dandus et an- 
nis. Cic. Spoliavit virtutem suo decore, 
Id. Honestatis decor. Ovid. Ovibus sua 
lana decori est. Plin. Decoris gratia 
I suecina gestantes, as an ornament. -- 
If Also, beauty. Horat. Fugit retro Le¬ 
vis juventas, et decor. 
D£CuR (decor), oris, and DECORIS, e, 
adject, the same as Dccorus. Sallust. 
frairm._ Armis decoribus cultus. 
DECoRaMEN (decoro), Inis, and DECO- 
3 RaMeNTUM, i, n. an ornament. Sil. 
DECORe (decorus), adverb, gracefully, be¬ 
comingly, beautifully. Cic. 
DeCORIO (de' & curium), as, a. 1. to skin. 
3 Tcrtull. —— IT Also, to peel. Pallad. 
DECORIS, e. 3 See Decor, deedris, adject. 
DECOItlTER (decoris), adverb, gracefully. 
3 Jlpul. 
DEC0R5 (decus), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
adorn, beautify, grace, embellish, trim, 
decorate, Koapuo. Horat. Templa deco- 
rare. Tibull. Serta decorant comas. 
Virg. pyram fulgentibus armis. Id. 
aliquem sepulcro. Plaut. digitos anu- 
lis. Cic. O clementiam omni lauds 
deeorandam. Id. Decorare atque au- 
gere rempublicam. Id. aliquem singu. 
laribus honoribus. 
