Definition of Decurias

1. decuria [n] - See also: decuria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decurias

decumbently
decumbiture
decumulate
decumulation
decuple
decupled
decuples
decuplet
decuplets
decupling
decuria
decurias (current term)
decuries
decurion
decurionate
decurionates
decurions
decurrence
decurrent
decurrently
decursion
decursions
decursive
decursively
decurt
decurtate

Literary usage of Decurias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions by James Chidester Egbert (1896)
"... in decurias, In quin- IN-VD, DEC que decurias ADN, ... arcae ALLEC'IN V allectus In quinqué decurias ..."

2. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1907)
"17. apud duas <decurias> profuit equitum Romanorum et trib. aer. ... be due to decurias, which in some early MS. may have been written above the line. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"a diri»- ion of the curiae into ten decurias, and by the farther assumption of an indefinite number of gentes in each decuria. ..."

4. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Edward Gaylord Bourne, James Alexander Robertson, Emma Helen Blair (1904)
"Such was the emulation among them • decurias: alluding to a custom in Spanish schools of placing the pupils, by tens (or sometimes in smaller numbers), ..."

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