δεκατεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[exact tithe from]], τινά <span class="bibl">D.22.77</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς πόλεις</b> Jusj. ap. <span class="bibl">Lycurg.81</span>; <b class="b3">τούτους δεκατεῦσαι τῷ ἐν Δελφοῖσι θεῷ</b> [[make]] them [[pay a tithe]] to Apollo, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.132</span>; of things, <b class="b3">δ. τὰ ἐξ ἀγροῦ ὡραῖα</b> [[tithe]] them (as an offering)... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.3.9</span>; δ. τοὺς Θηβαίους τοῖς θεοῖς <span class="bibl">Plb.9.39.5</span>:—Pass., ἀναγκαίως ἔχει [τὰ χρήματα] δεκατευθῆναι τῷ Διΐ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.89</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλπὶς ἦν δεκατευθῆναι τὰς Θήβας</b>, i.e. [[that it would be taken and tithed]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.3.20</span>,<span class="bibl">5.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., to be a [[δεκατευτής]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 455</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in war, <b class="b2">take out the tenth man for execution, decimate</b>, <span class="bibl">D.C.48.42</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[divide into ten sections]], τινάς <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.49</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀρκτεύω]], <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>250S.</span>, D.ap.Harp. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> metaph. in Astrol., to [[be superior to]], <span class="bibl">Man.6.279</span>.</span>