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decuman (iou)



decuman adjective. M17.
[Latin decumanus var. of decimanus of or belonging to the tenth part or tenth cohort, (by metonymy) large, from decimus: see DECIMAL.]
Esp. of a wave: very large, immense. M17.
F. W. Farrar Amid the decuman billows of modern scepticism.
Roman History. Of or belonging to the tenth cohort. E19.
decuman gate the main gate of the camp where the tenth cohort was quartered.