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Decima

//ˈdɛsɪmə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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. Roman
Noun
  1. 1
    A tenth, particularly; A tithe or tax of one-tenth (now usually in historical Italian contexts).

    "He brandished his title as apostolic commissioner in court, and as supervisor of the papal decima in Tuscany."

  2. 2
    A 10-line verse or stanza, (chiefly) in the form of a song comprising an introductory verse followed by four such divisions.

    "His album... dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with... the décima, a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes."

  3. 3
    A tenth, particularly; 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. obsolete
  4. 4
    A tenth, particularly; An organ stop a tenth above the normal 8-foot pitch.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin meaning "the tenth".

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin decima (“a tenth”), now particularly via Italian decima. Doublet of decim, decime, and dime.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish décima, from Latin decima (“a tenth”). Doublet of decim, decime, and dime.

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