The corpus record — Latin

decanus

decanus · m

A chief of ten, one set over ten persons

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Where it lives

Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

dĕcānus — Lewis & Short

dĕcānus, i, m.decem.

I A chief of ten, one set over ten persons (late Lat.).

A Over soldiers, Veg. Mil. 2, 8.—

B Over monks, a dean, Hier. Ep. 22, no. 35.—

C The chief of the corpse-bearers, Cod. Just. 1, 2, 4; 9.—

D As a judge, Vulg. Exod. 18, 21; Deut. 1, 15.—

II A kind of officer at the imperial court, Cod. 12, 27, 1.—

III In astrology, the chief of ten parts of a zodiacal sign, Firm. Math. 2, 4.

In the wild

decanos Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 22.35

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. decanus (scan p. 190; entry #2941).

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