Decumânus, pen. prod. Greate: large. vt, Decumanus limes. Plin. A line going from the east to the weast.Decumanus acipenser.Cic.Great or large.Decumanus ager. Cicero. A fielde whereof tithe or taske is raised.Decumana oua dicuntur, & Decumani fluctus, qui sunt magni. Nam & ouum decimÛ maius nascitur, & fluctus decimus fieri maximus dicitur. Festus Pompeius. Lucanus. Great egges.Decumana pyra, apud Columellam.Great peares.Decumana porta in castris, præcipua, & patentior alijs atque frequentior. Cæsar. Liu.The greate gate or entrie of the campe.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dĕcĭmānus or dĕcŭmānus (v. decimus), a, um, adj. [decimus], of or belonging to the tenth part.I. Prop. A.Of tithes, as a tax: ager,
that pays tithes
, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6; cf.: frumentum, i. e.
a tithe of the produce
, id. ib. 2, 3, 5fin. and 81: oleum, Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 19.— 2.Subst.: dĕcŭmānus, i, m., a farmer of tithes, tithe-gatherer, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; 71; 2, 3, 8 et saep.: (perh. sarcastically) dĕcŭmāna, ae, f., the wife of a tithefarmer, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33; for which decumana mulier, id. ib. 34.—B.Of the tenth cohort: miles, Auct. B. Afr. 16, 2; and oftener absol. dĕcŭmāni, ōrum, m., id. ib. 1; Auct. B. Hisp. 30 fin.; Tac. H. 5, 20; Suet. Caes. 70.—Esp.: porta decumana, the main entrance of a Roman camp, placed the farthest from the enemy (because the tenth cohort of each legion was there encamped), opposite the porta praetoria, Caes. B. G. 2, 24; 3, 25fin.; 6, 37; id. B. C. 3, 69; Liv. 3, 5; 10, 32fin. al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 23; Smith's Ant. p. 222, a.—C. Decumanus limes, in agriculture, a boundary line drawn from east to west, opp. cardo (v. h. v.), Col. 12, 43, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, 169; 18, 34, 77, 337; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 14; v. Wordswörth, Fragm. p. 446.— II.Meton., considerable, large, immense (cf.: decimus, decem, decies, etc.): accipensere, Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: DECUMANA ova' dicuntur et DECUMANI fluctus, quia sunt magna, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 5; cf. ib. 4, 7 Müll.