单词 | decuman |
释义 | decuman /dek"yoo meuhn/, adj. 1. large or immense, as a wave. 2. (in ancient Rome) of or pertaining to the tenth cohort of a legion. n. 3. Also called decuman gate. (in ancient Rome) the main gate of a military camp, facing away from the enemy and near which the tenth cohort of the legion was usually stationed. [1650-60; < L decumanus, decimanus of the tenth, large, equiv. to decim(us) tenth (see DECIMATE) + -anus -AN] |
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