I.ord. num. adj. [viginti], the twentieth.
I. Adj.: “annus,” Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 3: “intra annum vicesimum,” Caes. B. G. 6, 21: “annum jam tertium et vicesimum regnat,” Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: “censores vicesimi sexti a primis censoribus,” Liv. 10, 47, 2: “litteras mihi Cornificius altero vicesimo die reddidit,” Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1: “Acastus cum litteris praesto fuit uno et vicesimo die,” id. ib. 14, 5: “vicesimo die lunae,” id. Fin. 2, 31, 101: “vicesima luna sacrificant,” Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 5: “sexto et vicesimo anno,” Nep. Lys. 1, 1: “legio,” Tac. A. 1, 51.—
II. Subst.: vīcēnsĭ-ma (-suma ), ae, f. (i. e. pars), the twentieth part, as a tax; so the twentieth part or five per cent. of the crop, Liv. 43, 2, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.; of the value of a slave that was manumitted, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Liv. 7, 16, 7; Petr. 58; 71.—Called also VICESIMA LIBERTATIS, Inscr. Orell. 3131; 3338.—As exportduty: “portorii,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185.— “As a tax on inheritances,” Plin. Ep. 7, 14, 1; id. Pan. 37.
