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[ˈdɛ.ki.ʊs] · Latin (Classical Latin)
01 / Meaning & origin
Decius is a given name documented in English and Latin.
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04 / Through time
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Decius— “tenth”
Decimus was a prænomen in the family of Junius Brutus, inherited mayhap from a tenth son, and it was at Decimus Brutus that Cæsar’s dying reproach, _Et tu Brute_, is thought to have been levelled. Decimus and Decima are now and then to be found among us in unusually large families of one sex. Decius was the name of a great plebeian gens, one of the oldest in Rome, and illustrated by the self-devotion of Decius Mus.[55]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter II (Latin Prænomina), Section V (Numeral Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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