decurio

dĕcŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [decuria], to divide into decuriae.

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

dĕcŭrĭo, ōnis (also DECURES decuriones, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 22, and 75, 9 Müll.; and DECVRIONVS, the same, ib. 49, 16), m. [decuria],

• the head or chief of a decuria, a decurion. The name was first given by Romulus to the head of the tenth part of a curia (cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, p. 354). In the army, the commander of a decuria of cavalry, Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Müll.; Veget. Mil. 2, 14; Caes. B. C. 1, 23; 1, 13; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 2, 29. After the extension of the Roman dominion, the members of the senate of the municipia and the colonies were called decuriones, Dig. 50, 16, 239; 50, 2; Cod. Just. 10, 31; Cic. Sest. 4, 10; id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Clu. 14, 41; Vulg. Marc. 15, 43.—Sometimes i. q. praefectus, applied to the overseer of the persons employed in any duty about the court, e. g. a head-chamberlain: cubiculariorum, Suet. Dom. 17, PROCVLVS DECVRIO GERMANORVM (i. e. custodum corporis) TI. GERMANICI, Inscr. Orell. 2923.

1. decurio, āvī, ātum, āre (decuria), nach Dekurien (Rotten von zehn Mann) abteilen, in Dekurien einteilen, a) als milit. t. t.: suā voluntate ipsi inter se equites decuriati, centuriati pedites coniurabant etc., Liv. 22, 38, 3. – b) als. publiz. t. t., das Volk, um es in einzelnen Abteilungen zu bestechen, aufzuwiegeln usw., homines vicatim, Cic.: tribules, Cic.: rursus improbos, Cic.: ut sodalitates decuriatique discederent, Cic.: absol., decuriasse Plancium, Cic.

2. decurio, ōnis, m. (decuria), der Vorsteher einer Dekurie, der Dekurio, a) als Führer einer Reiterdekurie (Rotte), der Rottmeister (s. Varro LL. 5, 19. Veget. mil. 2, 14), d. equitum Gallorum, Caes. b. G. 1, 23, 2: d. equitum, Auct. b. Afr. 29, 4. Tac. ann. 13, 40; hist. 2, 29. – b) als Senator in Munizipien u. Kolonien, Ratsherr, Plur. = Senat, Cic. u.a.: decurionem (zum D.) facere alqm, Fronto: decuriones, quibus est ius dicendae sententiae, Stadtrichter, Apul. de mund. 35. – c) (= praefectus) als Vorsteher des Personals einer Hofscharge, cubiculariorum, Kammerherr, Suet. Dom. 17, 2.

1 decurio v. decuria(a)

2 decurio [CL] , a commander of ten men. b royal official. a ~o, i. ille qui preest x viris Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 112; hic ~o, qui habet x milites WW.  b 10‥ ~o, qui officium carum egerit ‥, ~o, consiliarius WW; nunc veltrariorum monstra, falconum circinnia, ~onum †torcias [? l. torciones] et nebulonum furias ‥ non timemus (Quad. Arg.) GAS 534; erat vir bonus ~o Harscoitus cognomento Musard apud dominum suum regem valde honoratus ‥, habens sub se milites Lib. Eli. III 38; domos ‥ sic prope ‥ manerium [de Shene] situari constituit ut futuri ~ones, viz. viri devoti, cum Cartusiensis ordinis viris sanctis ‥ optata devocionis intermiscerent solacia Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 13; cortyowre, ~o curialis, curio PP.

1 dĕcŭrĭō, (13) āvī, ātum, āre (decuria), tr., ¶ 1 distribuer par décuries : equites Liv. 22, 38, 3, distribuer les cavaliers en décuries ¶ 2 [fig.] enrôler par décuries, former des factions, des cabales : Cic. Sest. 34 ; Planc. 45 ; Phil. 7, 18.

2 dĕcŭrĭō, (11) ōnis, m. , décurion, officier qui primitivement commandait dix cavaliers : Varro L. 5, 91 ; Cæs. G. 1, 23, 2 || décurion, sénateur dans les villes municipales ou dans les colonies : Cic. Sest. 10 ; Clu. 41 || décurion, chef de personnel du palais : Suet. Dom. 17.

decurio , as, are.
排十人爲羣。

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decurio , onis. m.
十總。省外理事官。保長。— cubiculariorum 內閣之宗。

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decuriō (1) āvī, ātus, āre

• decuria, to divide into decuriae: decuriati equites, L.— To divide into companies, enroll in clubs(for bribery): cum vicatim homines decuriarentur: improbos.

decuriō (2) ōnis, m

• decuria, the chief of a decuria, commander of a decuria of cavalry, Cs.— A member of a municipal senate: decurionum decretum, Cs.

DECURIO

DECU´RIOthe head or representative of a decuria.

1. The head of the decuriae into which the curiae and the senate were divided. [DECURIA1, 2.]

2. The head or commander of the decuriae of the Equites. [DECURIA3.] But decurio was in later times the name of an officer of a division of cavalry, though such division might contain any number of men (Veget. Mil. 2.14: cf. Tac. Ann. 13.40; Hist. 2.29).

3. The head or representative of a decuria in corporations. [DECURIANo. 5.] In like manner we find a decurio cubiculariorum (Suet. Dom. 17), a decurio palatii (Ammian. 20.4.20; Cod. Justin. 12.16), a decurio ostiariorum (Spon, Misc. Erud. Ant. 6. p. 214), a decurio Germanorum (Orelli, inscr. 2923), and there was even a decurio of slaves in the imperial household (Orelli, 2785).

4. But the most important decuriones were those in the municipal towns, who are the subject of the following article.

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Decurio

The head or representative of a decuria.

(1) The head of the decuriae into which the curiae and the Senate were divided. See Decuria.

(2) The head or commander of the decuriae of the Equites. But decurio was in later times the name of an officer of a division of cavalry, though such division might contain any number of men (Veget. Mil. ii. 14).

(3) The head or representative of a decuria in corporations. In like manner we find a decurio cubiculariorum, a decurio palatii, a decurio ostiariorum, a decurio Germanorum, and there was even a decurio of slaves in the imperial household (Orelli, 2785).

(4) The most important decuriones were those in the municipal towns, who are the subject of the following article.