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dē-căchinno, āre, v. a., to deride, laugh to scorn (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Apol. 47.

dĕcăchordum, i, n., = δεκάχορδον, a musical instrument of ten strings (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 91, 4.

dĕcăchordus, a, um, adj., = δεκάχορδος, ten-stringed (late Lat.): cithara, Fulg. Myth. 1, 14 al.

* dēcăcūmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [decacumino], a lopping, cutting off the top: cupressi, piceae, cedri, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 236.

dē-căcūmĭno, āre, v. a., to cut the top off, to top and lop (t. t. of agriculture): pampinum, Col. 4, 7, 3: ulmum, id. 5, 6, 12.

* dē-călantĭco, āre, v. a. [calantica], to deprive of one’s hood, to plunder one: decalanticare, eburno speculo depeculassere, Lucil. ap. Non. 97, 9 dub.

‡ dēcalco, to plaster with lime, to whitewash = albo, κονιῶ, Gloss. Vet.

‡ dēcălĕfăcĭo, to warm thoroughly, ἐκθερμαίνω, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

‡ dēcălesco, to become warm, ἐκθερμαίνομαι, Gloss. Cyrill.

‡ dēcălĭcātor, ōris, m. [de-calix], a hard drinker, καταπότης, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

‡ dēcălĭcātum, calce litum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 13 Müll.

dĕcălŏgus, i, m., = δεκάλογος, the decalogue, Tert. An. 37.

dēcalvātio, ōnis, f. [decalvo], the making bald, Hieron. Ep. 122, 1.

dē-calvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (calvus], to make bald, to remove the hair (late Lat.): locum corporis, Veg. A. V. 2, 48, 3: Sampson a muliere decalvatus, shorn, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, 23: pueros David decalvavit, Vulg. 1 Par. 19, 4; 1 Cor. 11, 6.

dĕcānĭa, ōrum, n. [decanus], divisions of the zodiac, Manil. 4, 298.

dĕcānĭcum, i, n. [decanus], a building belonging to the church, Cod. Theod. 16, 5, 30.

dē-căno, ĕre, 3, v. a., to celebrate by singing: Cererem, Prob. Cath. 1492 P.

* dēcantātĭo, ōnis, f. [decanto], talkativeness, as transl. of ἀδολεσχία, Hier. Ep. 106, no. 49.

dē-canto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (in the class. per. freq. in Cic.; elsewh. rare).

  1. I. To sing a thing off, to repeat in a singing manner (v. cano and canto).
    1. A. Usually with the secondary idea of something trite, worn out, absurd; to repeat often, to say over and over again ( = semper repetere, in ore habere; cf. cantilena): nec mihi opus est Graeco aliquo doctore, qui mihi pervulgata praecepta decantet, Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: causas, id. ib. 2, 32, 140; id. Fin. 4, 4, 10; id. Att. 13, 34; Quint. 12, 8, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 64 al.
    2. B. Without this unfavorable idea: miserabiles elegos, Hor. Od. 1, 33, 3: Ἇλωσιν Ilii in scenico habitu, to recite, rehearse, * Suet. Ner. 38: tribus, to proclaim, Luc. 5, 394.
    3. C. Esp., to repeat as a charm, and hence to bewitch, enchant, charm: nullo decantatus carmine, App. M. 3, p. 138, 35: verbis et amplexibus aliquem, id. ib. 5, p. 165, 6; id. ib. 3, p. 137, 12; Vulg. Isa. 54, 1 al.
  2. II. Intr.
    1. A. (Acc. to de, no. II. 2. b.) To leave off singing: jam decantaverant ( = cantare, deplorare desierant), had given over lamenting, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53.
    2. B. To play (upon an instrument): decantandi jus tibicinibus ademit, Aur. Vict. Vir. Illust. 34, 1.

dĕcānus, i, m. [decem].

  1. I. A chief of ten, one set over ten persons (late Lat.).
    1. A. Over soldiers, Veg. Mil. 2, 8.
    2. B. Over monks, a dean, Hier. Ep. 22, no. 35.
    3. C. The chief of the corpse-bearers, Cod. Just. 1, 2, 4; 9.
    4. D. As a judge, Vulg. Exod. 18, 21; Deut. 1, 15.
  2. II. A kind of officer at the imperial court, Cod. 12, 27, 1.
  3. III. In astrology, the chief of ten parts of a zodiacal sign, Firm. Math. 2, 4.

† dĕcā̆prōti, ōrum, m., = δεκάπρωτοι, the ten chief men, magistrates in the municipia and colonies (pure Lat. decem primi), Dig. 50, 4, 3, § 10; ib. 18, § 26.

† dĕcā̆prōtīa, ae, f., = δεκαπρωτεία, the office and dignity of the decaproti, Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 26.

dĕcargyrum, i, n., a large silver coin ( = majorina), Cod. Theod. 9, 23, 1.

dēcarmĭno, avi, 1, v. a. [de-carmen], to make prose of verse, to disarrange the order of the words in a verse: sed hic ordo nobis verborum faciendus est, ut versus hujus decarminata contextio ipsa se magis exponere videatur, Cassiod. in Psa. 130, 3, 4.

dē-carno, āre, v. a. [2, caro], to take off the flesh (late Lat.), Veg. A. V. 2, 27, 2; 2, 42, 1; 3, 6, 1; Apic. 7, 9.

† dĕcas, ădis, f., = δεκάς, a decade, Tert. de Praescr. 49 al.; Mart. Cap. 7, § 734.

‡ dĕcastylos, i, m., adj., = δεκάστυλος, having ten columns, decastyle, Vitr. 3, 1 fin.

* dē-caulesco, ĕre, v. n. [caulis], to form a stem, run to stalk: raphanus antequam decaulescat, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 122.