decumanusn.

Brit.

/ˌdɛkjᵿˈmɑːnəs/, U.S.

/ˌdɛkjuˈmɑnəs/

Inflections: Plural decumani Brit.

/ˌdɛkjᵿˈmɑːni/, U.S.

/ˌdɛkjuˈmɑni/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin decumānus.

Etymology: < classical Latin decumānus, use as noun (short for līmes decumānus < līmes boundary (see limit n.) + decumānus ) of decumānus of or belonging to the tenth part (see decuman adj.). Compare cardo n.It is not clear why the term was used in this way in Latin. One theory found in ancient writers on land surveying and in Isidore ( Origines 15. 14. 4) is that the two lines (north-south and east-west) formed the shape of a letter X , the Roman numeral for the number ten. Compare the following example of Latin decumānus in a marginal note to Holland's translation of Pliny:1601 P. Holland in tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xxii. 529 As touching the bounding and limitation of a vineyard, the * principall way which runneth straight East and West, ought to carie eighteene foot in breadth, to the end that two carts may passe easily one by another. [margin] *Decumanus Lines.In decumanus maximus after classical Latin decumānus maximus main boundary line (2nd cent. a.d.).

Roman History.

Originally: a line or boundary running east to west, as marked by a surveyor. In later use chiefly: a road running east to west in a Roman town, camp, etc. Cf. cardo n. 5.Sometimes used with specific reference to the first such line marked at the start of a survey, or the main such road in a town, camp, etc.; in this sense also as decumanus maximus.

ΚΠ

a1833 G. Higgins Anacalypsis (1836) II. v. iv. 413 The Decumanus, the line, crossed..from East to West.

1869 Archaeologia 42 135 I have spoken of the decumanus maximus and the cardo maximus as lines only, but in reality they took the practical form of public roads.

1912 Cosmopolitan Mag. Mar. 447/2 Numerous minor streets branched off from the Decumanus, notably the ‘Street of the Fountain’.

2017 E. E. Poehler Traffic Syst. Pompeii viii. 225 There is strong evidence for traffic driving along the right side of the decumanus.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	decumanus
释义	decumanusn. Brit. /ˌdɛkjᵿˈmɑːnəs/, U.S. /ˌdɛkjuˈmɑnəs/ Inflections: Plural decumani Brit. /ˌdɛkjᵿˈmɑːni/, U.S. /ˌdɛkjuˈmɑni/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin decumānus. Etymology: < classical Latin decumānus, use as noun (short for līmes decumānus < līmes boundary (see limit n.) + decumānus ) of decumānus of or belonging to the tenth part (see decuman adj.). Compare cardo n.It is not clear why the term was used in this way in Latin. One theory found in ancient writers on land surveying and in Isidore ( Origines 15. 14. 4) is that the two lines (north-south and east-west) formed the shape of a letter X , the Roman numeral for the number ten. Compare the following example of Latin decumānus in a marginal note to Holland's translation of Pliny:1601 P. Holland in tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xxii. 529 As touching the bounding and limitation of a vineyard, the * principall way which runneth straight East and West, ought to carie eighteene foot in breadth, to the end that two carts may passe easily one by another. [margin] *Decumanus Lines.In decumanus maximus after classical Latin decumānus maximus main boundary line (2nd cent. a.d.). Roman History. Originally: a line or boundary running east to west, as marked by a surveyor. In later use chiefly: a road running east to west in a Roman town, camp, etc. Cf. cardo n. 5.Sometimes used with specific reference to the first such line marked at the start of a survey, or the main such road in a town, camp, etc.; in this sense also as decumanus maximus. ΚΠ a1833 G. Higgins Anacalypsis (1836) II. v. iv. 413 The Decumanus, the line, crossed..from East to West. 1869 Archaeologia 42 135 I have spoken of the decumanus maximus and the cardo maximus as lines only, but in reality they took the practical form of public roads. 1912 Cosmopolitan Mag. Mar. 447/2 Numerous minor streets branched off from the Decumanus, notably the ‘Street of the Fountain’. 2017 E. E. Poehler Traffic Syst. Pompeii viii. 225 There is strong evidence for traffic driving along the right side of the decumanus. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1833
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