decuma

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

• decimus

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