duodecimate

Meanings

Noun

Synonym of duodecimvirate: a group of twelve.

Verb

kill one twelfth of a group of person, by lot.
divide into twelfths; divide duodecimally.

Origin

From Latin duodecimatus, from duodecim + -ātus
Either from the Latin duodecimō ("I take one twelfth") or an alteration of the Latin duodecimus ("twelfth") by analogy with decimate.

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