单词 | decury |
释义 | decuryn. Roman History. A division consisting of ten men, a company or body of ten; applied also to larger classes or divisions (e.g. of the judices, scribæ, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > ten > [noun] > group of ten > persons decury1533 decurion1555 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 30 The faderis, quhilk war ane hundreth in nowmer, devidit thaimself in ten decuris, ilk decure contening ten men in nowmer. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 8 The regent sal..assigne thayme place in hys classe diuidit in decuriis. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 692 The Pretors..tooke a certaine number of Iudges..who..were distributed by decuries or tens. 1695 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) II. 340 In the larger houses, where the numbers amounted to several decuries, the senior dean had a special preeminence. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxi. 189 5000 of these citizens were arranged in ten pannels or decuries of 500 each. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1533 |
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