duodecimate.
Synonym of duodecimvirate: a group of twelve.
Meaning & usage
Synonym of duodecimvirate: a group of twelve.
Where this word comes from
From Latin duodecimatus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
To kill one twelfth of a group of people, especially by lot.
To divide into twelfths; to divide duodecimally.
Where this word comes from
Either from the Latin duodecimō (“to take one twelfth”) or an alteration of the Latin duodecimus (“twelfth”) by analogy with decimate.
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