Italian

Noun

decuria f ‎(plural decurie)

1. decury

Related terms

• decurione

Anagrams

• rieduca

Latin

Etymology

*decu-viria, from decem ‎(“ten”) + vir ‎(“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deˈku.ri.a/, [dɛˈkʊ.ri.a]

Noun

decuria f ‎(genitive decuriae); first declension

1. a group of ten men (or soldiers)
2. a jury
3. an administrative body comprising ten families
4. a tithing
5. (plural) jurors

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• dacra

Related terms

References

• decuria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decuria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DECURIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decuria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• decuria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decuria in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin