Decima English

Meaning Decima meaning

What does Decima mean?

Decima properNoun

— (Roman god) One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.

decima noun

— (generally, _, obsolete) A tenth, particularly

— A tithe or tax of one-tenth (now, _, usually, _, in, _, historical) .

— (obsolete, music) A tenth: a note nine degrees of the scale above or below a given note (and thus ten degrees separate counting inclusively) or the interval between such notes.

— organ stop

decima noun

— (poetry) A 10-line verse or stanza, (chiefly) in the form of a song comprising an introductory verse followed by four such divisions.