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Lewis Short
dĕcussis | decus, i, a mutilated form used by the Agrimensores | dĕcussissexis (noun M) : (also , , p. 231, 243, and 265, ed. Goes.), decem-as.
* The number ten: ex singularibus rebus, quae μονάδες apud Graecos dicuntur perficitur decussis, Vitr. 3, 1 (cf. the art. as, no. I.).—Hence, * decussis sexis, or in one word, , the number sixteen, Vitr. 3, 1, 8.
* Because the Roman numeral sign for ten was X, decussis was used to denote the intersection of two lines in the form of a cross: regula figitur in primo decussis puncto,Vitr. 10, 11; Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331. Cf. decusso and its derivatives.
* (Acc. to as, no. II.) Ten asses; as a Roman coin, a ten-as piece, Varr. L. L. 5, § 170; Lucil. ib. 9, § 81 Müll.; Stat. Silv. 4, 9, 9; Fest. p. 237, 20 Müll.
* The number ten: ex singularibus rebus, quae μονάδες apud Graecos dicuntur perficitur decussis, Vitr. 3, 1 (cf. the art. as, no. I.).—Hence, * decussis sexis, or in one word, , the number sixteen, Vitr. 3, 1, 8.
* Because the Roman numeral sign for ten was X, decussis was used to denote the intersection of two lines in the form of a cross: regula figitur in primo decussis puncto,Vitr. 10, 11; Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331. Cf. decusso and its derivatives.
* (Acc. to as, no. II.) Ten asses; as a Roman coin, a ten-as piece, Varr. L. L. 5, § 170; Lucil. ib. 9, § 81 Müll.; Stat. Silv. 4, 9, 9; Fest. p. 237, 20 Müll.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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