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decem

American  
[de-kem, des-em] / ˈdɛ kɛm, ˈdɛs ɛm /

adjective

Latin.
  1. ten.


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Nec male commissa est nobis fortuna reorum    lisque decem deciens inspicienda viris.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem Qui audiunt audita dicunt, qui vident plane sciunt—Plaut.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Another inscription narrates— "Gregorius primus concessit omnibus et singulis visitantibus ecclesiam istam sanctorum Cosm� et Damiani mille annos de indulgentia, et in die stationis ejusdem ecclesi� idem Gregorius concessit decem millia annorum de indulgentia."

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Atque haec ille egit septemdecim annis post alterum consulatum, 10 cum inter duos consulatus anni decem interfuissent censorque ante superiorem consulatum fuisset, ex quo intelligitur Pyrrhi bello grandem sane fuisse. . . .

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Sulmo mihi patria est, gelidis uberrimus undis,    milia qui novies distat ab urbe decem.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

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