decempeda
decempeda, a ten-foot pole, measuring-rod
dĕcem-pĕda, ae, f. [pes],
- a ten-foot measuring rod, Cic. Mil. 27, 74; id. Phil. 14, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 41, 126; * Hor. Od. 2, 15, 14 al.
decempeda, ae, f. (decem u. pes), eine Meßrute, Meßstange von zehn Fuß, d. quadrata, Quadratrute, Pallad.: decempedis metata porticus, Hor.: urbem decempedā dividere, Cic.: etiam si quid decempedam effugit, Cic.
gaade, to mete with londe , ~a
dĕcempĕda, (14) æ, f. (decem, pes), perche de dix pieds [servant de mesure] : Cic. Mil. 74 ; Phil. 14, 10 ; || Hor. O. 2, 15, 14.
decempeda ae, f
- decem + pes, a ten-foot pole, measuring-rod, C., H.
DECEMPEDA
DECE´MPEDAa pole ten feet long, used by the agrimensores in measuring land. (Cic. pro Mil. 27, § 74; Phil. 14.4.10; Hor. Carm. 2.15, 14.) Thus we find that the agrimensores were sometimes called decempedatores (Cic. Phil. 13.1. 8, § 37). The decempeda was in fact the standard land-measure. [ACTUS; AGRIMENSORES. ]
[W.S]Decempĕda
The standard Roman unit in measuring land. It was a pole ten feet in length used by the agrimensores (q. v.), who were thence called decempedatores. See Cic. Phil. xiii. 18. 37.