dĕcĭēs or dĕcĭens
* Num. adv. [decem], ten times.
* Prop.: columbae decies anno pariunt, quaedam et undecies,Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 147: decies seni,Ov. F. 3, 163: HS. decies centena milia,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10 Zumpt. More commonly absol. decies: HS. decies et octingenta milia, i. e. 1,800,000 sesterces,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39: supra trecenta milia usque ad decies aeris,Liv. 24, 11: ad summam sestertii decies in aerarium retulit,id. 45, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 237; Dig. 35, 1, 77, § 3 et saep.
* Meton., an indefinite large number or sum, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 27; id. Stich. 3, 2, 45; Hor. A. P. 294; 365; Pers. 6, 79; Juv. 13, 136 et saep.: decies centena dedisses Huic parco, etc.,Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf. Juv. 10, 335; Catul. 23, 20.

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