verb transitive

dĕcŭrĭo

2nd PP dĕcŭrĭāre · 3rd PP dĕcŭrāvi · 4th PP dĕcŭrātum · conj. 1st

to divide into decuriae

to divide into decuriae.

to divide the people into companies; clubs for purposes of bribery and corruption •

Prop.: equites decuriati, centuriati pedites, Liv. 22, 38, v. preced. art.—Esp. to divide the people into companies or clubs for purposes of bribery and corruption: servorum delectus habebatur ... cum vicatim homines conscriberentur, decuriarentur, Cic. Sest. 15: decuriasse Plancium, conscripsisse, etc., id. Planc. 18, 45; cf. ib. 19, 47; id. Phil. 7, 6, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5, and v. decuriatio.— *

figuratively •

Trop.: vertex incrementis lustralibus decuriatus, i. e. of a man ten lustres old, Mart. Cap. 1, p. 1.

Perseus ID: n12582 Key: decurio1