LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

decuria

decuria f (genitive decuriae)
Classical[dɛˈkʊ.ri.a]Ecclesiastical[deˈkuː.ri.a]

Meaning

  1. femininea group of ten men (or soldiers)
  2. femininea jury
  3. femininean administrative body comprising ten families
  4. femininea tithing
  5. femininein pluraljurors
  6. femininea section of the book of Psalms recited at Matins on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays in the traditional Ambrosian Liturgy of the Hours.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedecuriadecuriae
genitivedecuriaedecuriārum
dativedecuriaedecuriīs
accusativedecuriamdecuriās
ablativedecuriādecuriīs
vocativedecuriadecuriae

dĕcŭrĭa, ae, f. decem, after the analogy of centuria, from centum,
I. a division consisting of ten, a company of ten, a tithing: decuria, decade, Gr. δεκάς (cf. Eng. dozen). Thus Romulus, acc. to Dion. Hal. 2, 7, p. 82 d, formed out of the thirty curiae 300 δεκάδας (gentes), v. 2. decurio init. So, too, in agriculture: classes etiam non majores quam denum hominum faciundae, quas decurias appellaverunt antiqui, Col. 1, 9, 7; cf. Gell. 18, 7; Sen. Ep. 47, 7; Vitr. 7, 1, 3. Of things: pellium tentoriarum, Valerian. ap. Trebell. Claud. 14.—
II. In gen. (cf. centuria), a division, company, class, most freq. of the decuriae of the judges (three, till the time of Augustus, who added a fourth, and Caligula a fifth), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32 fin.; id. Phil. 1, 8; 13, 2, 3; id. Clu. 37, 103; Suet. Aug. 32; id. Calig. 16; Quint. 4, 2, 45; Inscr. Orell. 3877; 3155 sq. al.: equitum, Suet. Tib. 41: scribarum, id. Claud. 1; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79: VIATORIA, Inscr. Orell. 4076; 2204 al. Said jocosely of a party of boon companions, association, club, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 62; Caecil. ap. Non. 139, 19 (Com. 15 Ribb.).

Origins

From decem (“ten”)

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesDecuriaDecuria from decem, ten, and consequently a company of ten persons (Col. 1.9.7; Gel. 18.7). 1. A division of the curiae. Each of the three ancient Rom…

Quick answers

What does decuria mean in Latin?
decuria, a noun, means “a group of ten men (or soldiers); a jury; an administrative body comprising ten families”.
What is the genitive of decuria?
The genitive singular is decuriae. decuria is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce decuria?
In classical Latin, [dɛˈkʊ.ri.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈkuː.ri.a].