δεκάχιλοι
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
[κᾰ], αι, α,
A ten thousand, Il.5.860, 14.148; cf. ἐννεάχιλοι. (Aristarch. read the true Ion. form -χειλοι (from ĝhezl-) which he mistranslated "ἐννέα χείλη ἔχοντες," Sch.T.Il.14.148.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 543] zehntausend; Homer zweimal, Iliad. 5, 860. 14, 148 ὅσσον τ' (δ') ἐννεάχιλοι ἐπίαχον ἢ δεκάχιλοι ἀνέρες ἐν πολέμῳ, ἔριδα ξυνάγοντες Ἄρηος. – Luc. Philop. 6.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δεκάχῑλοι: -αι, -α, = δεκακισχίλιοι, αι, α, Ἰλ. Ε. 860., Ξ. 148· πρβλ. ἐννεάχιλοι.