The corpus record — Latin

decimatio

decimatio · f

the taking of a tenth

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Where it lives

Opilius Macrinus 1 · 4.02/10k

What it meant

dĕcĭmātĭo — Lewis & Short

dĕcĭmātĭo, ōnis, f.decimo,

I the taking of a tenth.

I A tithing: omnis, Vulg. Tobiae, 1, 7.—

II A selecting by lot of every tenth man for punishment, decimation, Capitol. Macr. 12.—

III A tenth: adhuc in ea decimatio, Vulg. Isa. 6, 13.

In the wild

decimatione Historia Augusta, Opilius Macrinus 12

Where it came from

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