δέκατος

English (LSJ)

(Arc. δέκοτος IG5(2).282 (Mantinea, v B.C.), also Aeol. in Epigr.Gr.988.5 (Balbilla)), η, ον: (δέκα):—

   A tenth, Ἠώς Il.6.175, etc.; as a round number, Od.16.18, etc.    II δεκάτη (sc. μερίς), ἡ, tenth part, tithe, τᾶς δεκάτας δεκάταν Simon.141.4, cf. Hdt.2.135, etc.; τῇ θεῷ τὰς δ. ἐξαιρεθῆναι Lys.20.24; τὰ ἐκ τῆς δ. the produce of the tenth, IG12.91, cf. Tab.Defix.99.14: esp. as a customs-duty, D.20.60; δεκάτη μόσχων PTeb.307.8 (iii A.D.).    2 δεκάτη (sc. ἡμέρα), ἡ, the tenth day, Od.9.83, al.    b δ. προτέρα· ἡ πρὸ εἰκάδος, ὡς ὑστέρα· ἡ μετ' εἰκάδα, Hsch.    3 festival on the tenth day after birth, when the child has a name given it, τὴν δ. θύειν to give a naming-day feast, Ar.Av.922, cf. 494; δ. ὑπέρ τινος ἑστιᾶσαι D.40.28, cf. 39.22.    4 δεκάτα· τάξις, ἄθροισμα, καὶ ἡ τῶν εἴκοσιν ἁρμάτων τάξις, Hsch.    5 δέκατον, τό, tenth part, LXX Le.23.13,17 (pl.).