tithe (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dĕcŭma2. dĕcĭma pars • tithe (subs.): 1. dĕcŭma: as much t. as the t.-farmer declared due, so much must the tiller of the land pay, quantum decumanus edidisset aratorem sibi dare oportere, ut tantum arator decumano dare cogeretur, Cic. Verr. 3, 10, 25: t.s being imposed, impositis d., ib. 39, 88. 2. dĕcĭma pars: I vow to thee, Apollo, a t. of the spoil, tibi, Apollo, decimam partem praedae voveo, Liv. 5, 21. Phr.: farmers of t.s, decumani, Cic.: corn liable to t., decumanum frumentum, Cic.: land that pays t., decumanus ager, Cic.: decumates agri, Tac. Germ. 29.
tithe (v.) Copy link • tithe (v.): dĕcŭmas impono: Cic. Verr. 3, 39, 88. [Note.--decimo, 1: only occurs of decimation.]
TITHE Copy link • TITHE 1. s. decuma: decuma or decima pars. To pay tithes, decumam, decumas pendere, solvere: a tithe of the produce, decumanum frumentum (Cic.): land subject to tithes, decumanus ager (Cic.). 2. v. decumas imperare, imponere (to levy taxes): decimare (to decimate, to take by lot every tenth man for punishment).